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Jane Austen

Born

in Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England, The United Kingdom

December 16, 1775

Died

July 18, 1817

Website

http://www.janeausten.org/

Genre

Fiction, Romance, Humor and Comedy

Influences

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Irony, wit, and meticulous style of noted British writer Jane Austen penetrates and observes middle-class manners and morality; her novels include Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816).

Jane Austen set her English works of romantic fiction among the landed gentry and earned a place as one of the most widely read in literature; her realism and biting social commentary cemented her historical importance among scholars and critics.

Austen lived her entire life as part of a close-knit family, located on the lower fringes of the English landed gentry. Primarily her father and older brothers as well as her own reading educated her. The critical steadfast support of family developed her as a professional. From her teenage years, her a ...more

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	Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,300,244 ratings — published 1813 — 16770 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sense and Sensibility 4.08 avg rating — 1,197,480 ratings — published 1811 — 851 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma 4.05 avg rating — 892,453 ratings — published 1815 — 3705 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 707,226 ratings — published 1817 — 759 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 404,247 ratings — published 1817 — 619 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 352,188 ratings — published 1814 — 563 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Susan 3.65 avg rating — 45,379 ratings — published 1871 — 1575 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Novels 4.57 avg rating — 33,373 ratings — published 1981 — 258 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Susan / The Watsons / Sanditon by Jane Austen, Margaret Drabble (Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 12,229 ratings — published 1817 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon by Jane Austen, James Kinsley (Editor), Claudia L. Johnson (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 7,704 ratings — published 1818 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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