| Abstrakt: |
The article examines the portrait of Jane Austen as satirist, ironist, and prescient feminist by four Victorian essayists namely Julia Kavanagh, Margaret Oliphant, Richard Simpson, and Mary Ward. It states that Lord Macaulay and George Lewes have acknowledged the Shakespearean naturalness of the characters of Austen and her presentation of them. It concludes that the commentary by the four Victorian essayists laid the critical groundwork for modern and contemporary understanding of Austen's novels. |
