In sympathetic realism in nineteenth century british fiction greiner shows how this imaginative process of sympathy is written into three novelistic techniques regularly associated with nineteenth century fiction metonymy free indirect discourse and realist characterization she explores the work of sentimentalist philosophers david hume adam smith and jeremy bentham and realist novelists jane austen charles dickens george eliot joseph conrad and henry james. In sympathetic realism in nineteenth century british fiction greiner shows how this imaginative process of sympathy is written into three novelistic techniques regularly associated with nineteenth century fiction metonymy free indirect discourse and realist characterization she explores the work of sentimentalist philosophers david hume adam smith and jeremy bentham and realist novelists jane austen charles dickens george eliot joseph conrad and henry james. Download citation sympathetic realism in nineteenth century british fiction rae greiner proposes that sympathy is integral to the form of the classic nineteenth century realist novel. In sympathetic realism in nineteenth century british fiction greiner shows how this imaginative process of sympathy is written into three novelistic techniques regularly associated with