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Originally Posted by tompe
Explain how Austen had a lasting influence so I can see what you mean by lasting influence.
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Certainly. Austen invented a style of writing which was not "action based" but was instead based on characters revealing their inner thoughts and emotions to the reader. It may seem like an obvious way to write now, but Austen was the first to do it. That had a major influence on the way subsequent authors wrote novels.