The novel is more explicitly comic than her other works and contains many literary allusions that her parents and siblings would have enjoyed, as a family entertainment--a piece of lighthearted parody to be read aloud by the fireside.
The novel is more explicitly comic than her other works to be read aloud by the fireside. This was as a family entertainment--a piece of lighthearted parody. Her parents and siblings would have enjoyed. This was as a family entertainment--a piece of lighthearted parody. This was to be read aloud by the fireside. The novel contains many literary allusions this.