ollect them(though without any difficulty)for himself: hers is that unpretending kind of instruction which is furnished by real life; and certainly no author has ever conformed more closely to real life, as well in the incidents, as in the characters and descriptions……РThe genius of Austen was extensively recognized in America, even by the highest judicial authorities. The late Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, of the Supreme Court of the United States, and his associate Mr. Justice Story, highly estimated and admired Miss Austen. Marshall mended her with these words,Р“Her flights are not lofty, she does not soar on an eagle’s wings, but she is pleasing,interesting, equable, yet amusing”.(2004, 16)РWith the spread popularity of Austen’s works, scholars were even interested in her life story, for
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