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Manners and Miss Austen: What Jane Austen’s Novels Can Teach Us About the Importance of Custom and Courtesy

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Manners and Miss Austen: What Jane Austen’s Novels Can Teach Us About the Importance of Custom and Courtesy
Jane Austen's profound study of human character renders her a novelist of the highest caliber. Depiction of Austen from "A Memoir of Jane Austen" (1871) written by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh, and based on the sketch by Austen's sister Cassandra. Public Domain
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Who’s the greatest British writer of all time?

According to a 2022 poll of 2,000 Brits, the answer is Jane Austen.
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Walker Larson
Walker Larson
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Before becoming a freelance journalist and culture writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master’s in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in The Hemingway Review, Intellectual Takeout, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, “Hologram” and “Song of Spheres.”
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