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Jane Austen (/ ˈ ɒ s t ɪ n, ˈ ɔː s t ɪ n / OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for ...
For in Jane Austen's world, true love always has a reasonable, even rational basis, [132] as Elizabeth humorously puts it when analyzing what might have made Darcy fall in love with her: “The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking ...
Although Austen's novels suggest that characters should be judged by moral standards and not simply by social status, she always specifies their social positions, often (as with the Gardiners in Pride and Prejudice) making it part of the earliest descriptions of a character. [147] Austen outlines characters' social connections in detail. [148]
Reader, I Married Him: A Study of the Women Characters of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot is a 1974 literary criticism by Patricia Beer that examines Victorian literature authors, their characters, and their works. It was reviewed in several publications.
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Mr Henry Woodhouse is a central character in Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma and the father of the protagonist, Emma Woodhouse.He is a wealthy member of the English landed gentry who owns a large country estate.