Styles and themes of Jane Austen In "Sense and Sensibility", Austen experiments extensively for the first time with this technique. For example, As Austen scholar Norman Page explains, "the first sentence is straight narrative, in the 'voice' of the [narrator]; the third sentence is normal indirect speech; but the second and fourth are what is usually described as free indirect speech." In these two sentences, Austen represents the inner thoughts of the character and creates the illusion that the reader is entering the character's mind. She often uses indirect speech for background characters. However, Page writes that "for Jane Austen ... the supreme virtue of free
The Jane Austen Argument the first single, Holes, for order online on 3 November. The lyrics to the titular song were written by friend and famed author Neil Gaiman. After recording the tracks for "Somewhere Under the Rainbow", the band accompanied Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman on a tour of North America on the "Evening with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer" tour. After travelling to Canada for a show in Vancouver, Dickins was not permitted re-entry into the United States. This period became referred to by Dickins, and fans, as "Dickins-In-Exile". Shortly after, the band returned to Australia. In January 2012, The Jane Austen