JaneAust en( /

ˈɒstɪn,ˈ
ɔːs-
/;16December1775–18Jul y1817)wasanEngl ishnoveli
stknown
pri
mar il
yforhersi xmaj ornov el
s,whichinterpr et,
cri
tiqueandcommentupont heBri
ti
shlanded
gentryattheendoft he18t hcent ur
y.Austen'spl otsof t
enexplor
et hedependenceofwomenon
mar r
iageinthepur suitoff avourabl
esocial standingandeconomi csecuri
ty.Herworkscrit
ique
thenov el
sofsensi bili
tyoft hesecondhalfoft he18t hcentur
yandar epartofthetransi
ti
ont o
19th-centur
yliterar
yr eali
sm. [
2][
b]Heruseofbi ti
ngirony,al
ongwi t
hherrealism,humour,and
socialcomment ary,havelongear nedheraccl ai m amongcr i
ti
cs,schol
ars,andpopular
audiencesalike.[
4]

JaneAust
en

Wat
ercol
our
-and-
penci
lpor
trai
tofJaneAust
en

Por
trai
t,c.
 
1810[
a]

Bor
n

16December1775

St
event
onRect
ory
,Hampshi
re,
Engl
and

Di
ed

18Jul
y1817(
aged41)

Wi
nchest
er,
Hampshi
re,
Engl
and

Rest
ingpl
ace

Wi
nchest
erCat
hedr
al,
Hampshi
re,
Engl
and

Educat
ion

Readi
ngAbbeyGi
rl
s'School

Per
iod

1787t
o1809–11

Rel
ati
ves

Seef
ami
l
yandancest
ry

Si
gnat
ure

Si
gnat
uref
rom Aust
en'
s1817wi
l
l
Wi t
ht hepubl i
cationofSenseandSensi bi l
i
ty( 1811)
,Pr i
deandPr ej
udice( 1813),Mansfi
eldPar k
(1814)andEmma( 1816),sheachi
ev edsuccessasapubl ishedwr iter
.Shewr otetwoot her
nov els,NorthangerAbbeyandPer suasion, bothpublishedpost humousl yin1818, andbegan
anot her,eventuall
yt i
tl
edSanditon,butdiedbef or
eitscompl etion.Sheal soleftbehi
ndthr ee
volumesofj uvenilewrit
ingsinmanuscr ipt,theshortepistolarynov elLadySusan, andanot her
unfinishednov el,TheWat sons.Hersi xfull
-lengthnov el
shav er ar
elybeenoutofpr i
nt,
although
theywer epublishedanony mouslyandbr oughthermoder atesuccessandl it
tl
ef amedur i
ngher
l
ifetime.

Asignifi
canttransit
ioninherposthumousr eput
ati
onoccur redin1833, whenhernov el
swer e
republ
ishedinRi chardBentl
ey'
sSt andardNov el
sseries,i
ll
ustratedbyFer di
nandPi cker
ing,and
soldasaset .[
5]Theygr adual
lygainedwi deraccl
aim andpopul arreadership.I
n1869, f
ift
y-t
wo
yearsafterherdeath,hernephew'spubl i
cationofAMemoi rofJaneAust enint
roduceda
compel l
i
ngv ersi
onofherwr i
ti
ngcar eerandsupposedl yuneventfull
if
etoaneageraudi ence.

Austenhasinspi
redmanycri
ti
calessay sandli
ter
aryanthol
ogies.Hernovelshav
einspi
red
manyf i
lms,f
rom 1940'
sPri
deandPr ejudicet
omor erecentpr
oductionsl
ikeSenseand
Sensibi
l
ity(
1995),Emma(1996),Mansf i
eldPark(
1999),Pri
de&Pr ej
udice(2005)
,Love&
Fri
endship(
2016),andEmma( 2020)
.[c]

Bi
ogr
aphi
cal
sour
ces

Li
fe

Publ
i
shedaut
hor

Post
humouspubl
i
cat
ion

Genr
eandst
yle

Recept
ion

Honour
s

Li
stofwor
ks

Fami
l
ytr
ees

Seeal
so

Ref
erences
Fur
therr
eadi
ng

Ext
ernal
li
nks

Lastedi
ted1dayagobyAl
ejHer
rBar
2003

Cont
enti
sav
ail
abl
eunderCCBY-
SA3.
0unl
essot
her
wisenot
ed.

Pr
ivacypol
i
cyTer
msofUseDeskt
op