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Jane Austen ( / ˈɒstɪn, ˈɔːstɪn / 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 British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit ...
Persuasion is the last novel completed by the English author Jane Austen. It was published on 20 December 1817, along with Northanger Abbey, six months after her death, although the title page is dated 1818. [1]
Northanger Abbey. Northanger Abbey ( / ˈnɔːrθæŋər /) is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels [1] written by the English author Jane Austen. Although the title page is dated 1818 and was published posthumously in 1817 with Persuasion, Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, making it the first of Austen's novels to be ...
Emma is a novel written by English author Jane Austen. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls and Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of families. [2] The novel was first published in December 1815, although the title page is dated 1816.
Jane Austen: The Complete Works 7-Book Boxed Set The Austen enthusiast in your life will surely cherish this set which includes seven of her most iconic novels, including Mansfield Park ...
Jane Austen. British novels by writer. Novels set in England. English novels by writer. 19th-century British novels.
Sanditon. Sanditon (1817) is an unfinished novel by the English writer Jane Austen. In January 1817, Austen began work on a new novel she called The Brothers, later titled Sanditon, and completed eleven chapters before stopping work in mid-March 1817, probably because of illness. [1] R.W. Chapman first published a full transcription of the ...
Overview. The work is a burlesque which pokes fun at widely used schoolroom history books such as Oliver Goldsmith 's 1771 The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. [1] Austen mockingly imitates the style of textbook histories of English monarchs, while ridiculing historians' pretensions to objectivity.