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- adjective Reminiscent of the works of Jane Austen (1775-1817),
English novelist noted forrealism and bitingsocial commentary .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ms. Shih and her college roommate discovered Ms. Austen a decade ago and began writing Austenesque prose in their Massachusetts Institute of Technology dorm room.
In Jane Austen 2.0, the Heroines And Heroes Friend Each Other Arden Dale 2010
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Satire with heart … In a style that careens from Austenesque to Corporate Memo-ese, Janice Harayda has written a farce that dissects the farce of the matrimonial ceremony.
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Satire with heart … In a style that careens from Austenesque to Corporate Memo-ese, Janice Harayda has written a farce that dissects the farce of the matrimonial ceremony.
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A writer by accident, not temperament, he is a romantic hero for those who prefer their heroes Austenesque and can forgo the usual artistic features of depression, insecurity, and, for that matter, poverty.
If This Is a Man 2007
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A writer by accident, not temperament, he is a romantic hero for those who prefer their heroes Austenesque and can forgo the usual artistic features of depression, insecurity, and, for that matter, poverty.
If This Is a Man 2007
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Satire with heart … In a style that careens from Austenesque to Corporate Memo-ese, Janice Harayda has written a farce that dissects the farce of the matrimonial ceremony.
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A writer by accident, not temperament, he is a romantic hero for those who prefer their heroes Austenesque and can forgo the usual artistic features of depression, insecurity, and, for that matter, poverty.
If This Is a Man 2007
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So I sit in my now-immaculate bedroom, the room I always wanted, a deep rich red with a ridiculously luxurious, ornate bed, a plush red chair at a wee Austenesque writing desk, and do little of anything.
Tonight, Tonight yuki_onna 2008
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Just completed the copyedits on the most recent of the Cyberabad stories An Eligible Boy for Lou Anders' Fast Forward 2 , which is Jane Austenesque social comedy.
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"Learning to Be Me" is just about the best of his short stories, a corrosively powerful examination of the nature of identity and consciousness with bears comparison with Kafka, and an opening line of Austenesque brilliance:
Archive 2008-01-01 Tim Stretton 2008
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