Jane Austen at Home
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| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Owner |
| Location | Carmel, CA |
| Introduction | www.janeaustenathome.net Cards, curios and curiosities ____________________ Jane Austen, 1775–1817, was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the gentry earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing 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 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 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the eighteenth century and are part of the transition to nineteenth-century realism.Her plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. |
| Interests | All things Jane Austen |
| Favorite movies | Pride and Prejudice |
| Favorite books | Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma |