text: However , Austen 's novels did not conform to certain strong Romantic and Victorian British preferences , which required that `` powerful emotion ( be ) authenticated by an egregious display of sound and color in the writing '' .
simplified: However , Austen 's works were not exactly what her Romantic and Victorian British audience liked . They wished for `` powerful emotion ( be ) authenticated by an egregious display of sound and color in the writing '' .