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T.B.
English 418
March 19, 2002

The differences between Emma By Jane Austen and The History of Mary Prince By Mary
Prince
The differences between Emma by Jane Austen, a classical novel, and the
autobiographical slave narrative, The History of Mary Prince are many and varied, but
what stood out in my mind most prominently was the difference in character development.
The novel delved very deeply into the life, character, breeding, make-up, and personality
of it's subjects, but the narrative, instead, developed Prince in breadth, not depth. While
each approach gave the reader insight into the respective lead characters, one came away
with a better understanding of who Emma was and why.
A novel is a long work of written fiction. Most novels involve many characters
and tell a complex story by positioning the characters in a number of different situations.
A novels chief interest is in the human character as it manifests in society. The individual......

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