Austen

This site allows you to explore Austen's patterns of diction. We feature word frequencies, a search, novel visualizations, and background on the project.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

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However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.

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    <said who="aus.001.nar" direct="true" aloud="false">However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.</said>
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My dear Mr. Bennet, said his lady to him one day, have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?

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    <said who="aus.001.mrsb" direct="true" aloud="true"> have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?</said>
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Patterns of Diction in Jane Austen's Major Novels