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Who was NOT a friend of William Hazlitt?

  • Jane Austen

  • Mary Lamb

  • Charles Lamb

  • William Wordsworth

Answer

Jane Austen was not a friend of William Hazlitt because they had very different views on life and literature. Hazlitt was a radical thinker who was critical of social conventions, while Austen was a conservative who upheld traditional values. Hazlitt also believed that literature should be used to express political and social ideas, while Austen believed that literature should be a source of entertainment and pleasure.
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