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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
!!! Now that I did not expect. I am an adoring fan of Austen and did not know this.
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That is interesting, as Bookworm_Girl and bfisher have both already noted. Of the Austen I've read, I suppose I can see the influence even though I wouldn't have thought of it myself. Her perceptions and humour can be sharp and subtle compared to the broader and the fantastic in The Vicar of Wakefield, but still both focus on societal expectations and circumstances (perhaps that's too wide a way to put it but I couldn't think of a better, narrower term to describe what I'm thinking of).