Timeline for What specific criticisms did Mark Twain make against Jane Austen's books?
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| May 8, 2023 at 5:56 | comment | added | benrg | As Kitkat said, he's clearly saying that the characters are unlikeable, not that they're unrealistic. Your quotes from Twain make this a useful answer, but your interpretation of them makes no sense. | |
| Jun 28, 2021 at 14:30 | comment | added | Kitkat | I don't think he's saying that the characters aren't believable--I think he's saying it's unbelievable that she would intentionally make all her characters unlikeable on purpose. (Unless, he speculates, she then makes them likable in the latter half of the books, but he's never read one to find out.) | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 18:21 | vote | accept | Nathaniel is protesting | ||
| Mar 22, 2017 at 18:52 | comment | added | Gallifreyan | Not a complete answer unless you list all 115 possible offenses against literary art :) | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 15:47 | comment | added | DVK | Your answer inspired this Q: literature.stackexchange.com/questions/279/… | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 0:52 | history | answered | CHEESE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |