Pride and Prejudice is both two centuries old and English, making it an excellent subject for an exercise in normalization. Time to see what happens when we algorithmically replace words with their most commonly used synonyms.
Original:
Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
Processed:
Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanly; he had a pleasant face, and (an) easy, unaffected style.
Original:
I would not wish to be hasty in censuring anyone; but I always speak what I think.
Processed:
I would not like to be hasty in criticizing anyone; but i always speak what I think.
Original:
Mrs. Bennet, through the assistance of servants, contrived to have the earliest tidings of it, that the period of anxiety and fretfulness on her side might be as long as it could.
Processed:
Mrs. Bennet, through the help of servants, designed to have the earliest information of it, that the period of anxiety and irritability on her part might be as long as it could.
