Jane Austen is one of the most widely read writer in the history of English Literature. She was born in 1775 in Hampshire, her novels are set in both middle and upper class society and their life styles are deeply discussed especially the characteristics of women. Mostly her works have attributes of literary realism, sentimental, parody, comics and free indirect speech. And also the plots often speaks about the dependence of women on marriage in the motto of economic security and favorable social standing. Austen's works are inspired by the contemporary readers and adapted her works into film.
Name: Jane Austen
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Born: 16th December 1775, UK
Died: 18th July 1817
Genre: Romance, Fiction
Major Works: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion
Sense and Sensibility is actually an epistolary was written when Austen was 19 years old, it was written in the middle of two cultural movements Classicism and Romanticism. Austen never loses sight of economic practicalities, propriety, and perspective. Then she wrote Pride and Prejudice and it is a novel of manners and it consist the elements of admiration of love, courtship and marriage, reputation and class. This is the most famous work done by this great writer and still the novel has huge set of fans. Emma is also a notable work of Jane Austen, it follows the themes of social status and the confined nature of women's existence.
Famous Quotes:
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."
"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love."
"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."
"Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort."
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