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Originally Posted by Billi
I was wondering this too. Is there really a need for it? (I know I can't judge this properly as I am not a native speaker. For me, her language doesn't sound outdated but the English might feel this otherwise.)
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To me, as a native American English speaker, the language of Austen's time is somewhat dated but not difficult to read (as opposed to the language of Shakespeare's time, for which I would want an annotated version to fully understand it).
I first read the Austen novels as a teenager and had no problems with them. It wasn't necessary to follow all the details of entails etc. - it was clear that the point was the heroines weren't going to inherit the family fortune.