Point on the picture of Jane Austen and see what happens.
"At the time of Jane Austen's birth in 1775, few would have predicted she was to become one of the most enduringly popular writers of any era. Born the seventh of eight children in rural Hampshire, England, Austen received the main portion of her literary education from her father, the Reverend George Austen, who encouraged her to write and to read...otherwise, Austen's upbringing was, as far as we know, uneventful; like many of her heorines, she was a charming, attractive girl of small means who had man suitors but few chances - or little inclination-to marry. She spent the greater par of her life amoung her large and spirited family, visiting friends and relatives in London and neighboring towns and composing her novels in the family parlor. Austen's fiction is beloved for its witty, charming, and detailed depictions of everyday loves, losses, and cruelties. Her novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1817), and Persuasion (1817)."
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1996.
From the back cover of a book.
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them.- Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Information in the above links was obtained from reading the acutal books. Information on Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey coming soon! (After I re-read them! Its been to long for me to remember.)
