Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Jane Austen (/ˈdʒeɪn ˈɔːstən/; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained 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. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to her development as a professional writer. From her teenage years into her thirties she experimented with various literary forms, including an epistolary novel which she then abandoned, wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it.

Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century realism. Her plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Her works, though usually popular, were first published anonymously and brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews during her lifetime, but the publication in 1869 of her nephew's A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced her to a wider public, and by the 1940s she had become widely accepted in academia as a great English writer. The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship and the emergence of a Janeite fan culture.

Here are the books written by Jane Austen:

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Novels

  1. Sense and Sensibility
  2. Pride and Prejudice
  3. Mansfield Park
  4. Emma
  5. Northanger Abbey 
  6. Persuasion 

Short Fiction

  1. Lady Susan

Unfinished Fiction

  1. The Watsons 
  2. Sanditon

Other Works

  1. Sir Charles Grandison
  2. Plan of a Novel
  3. Poems
  4. Prayers
  5. Letters

Juvenilia

Volume the First

  1. Frederic & Elfrida
  2. Jack & Alice
  3. Edgar & Emma
  4. Henry and Eliza
  5. The Adventures of Mr. Harley
  6. Sir William Mountague
  7. Memoirs of Mr. Clifford
  8. The Beautifull Cassandra
  9. Amelia Webster
  10. The Visit
  11. The Mystery
  12. The Three Sisters
  13. A beautiful description
  14. The generous Curate
  15. Ode to Pity

Volume the Second

  1. Love and Freindship
  2. Lesley Castle
  3. The History of England
  4. A Collection of Letters
  5. The female philosopher
  6. The first Act of a Comedy
  7. A Letter from a Young Lady
  8. A Tour through Wales
  9. A Tale

Volume the Third

  1. Evelyn
  2. Catharine, or the Bower

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