Edd Winfield Parks Summary

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Edd Winfield Parks spent many years as a literary scholar and a professor at the University of Georgia. He goes on to say that “Miss Austen’s ability to lure the reader on to the next chapter is remarkable.” How she could have the ability to keep the reader interested. Which shows she could attract any type of audience. Parks talks about Pride and Prejudice and how Austen shows” Her distinctive chapter endings were at the time she wrote peculiarly her own, and few later novelists have been able to imitate them consistently and successfully.” How she was able to write the story so smoothly and if she felt matters were getting out of hand she would do a brief summary and change the emphasis. I love when Parks said,” By engendering an interest

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