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Jane Austen

Born

in Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England

December 16, 1775

Died

July 18, 1817

Website

http://www.janeausten.org/

Genre

Fiction, Romance, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Frances Burney, Mary Brunton, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Mari ...more

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Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but br ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 9,309,967 ratings · 364,280 reviews · 4,541 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pride and Prejudice 4.30 avg rating — 5,016,597 ratings — published 1813 — 16190 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,341,640 ratings — published 1811 — 7136 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma 4.05 avg rating — 1,024,499 ratings — published 1815 — 2708 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 811,302 ratings — published 1817 — 2669 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 472,531 ratings — published 1817 — 5862 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 390,435 ratings — published 1814 — 424 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Susan 3.67 avg rating — 56,147 ratings — published 1871 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Novels 4.57 avg rating — 34,236 ratings — published 1981 — 255 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Susan / The Watsons / Sanditon by Jane Austen, Margaret Drabble (Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 14,572 ratings — published 1871 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Freindship 3.51 avg rating — 10,203 ratings — published 1787 — 958 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages

22 votes, 15.0%

1962, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, 212 pages

21 votes, 14.3%

1898, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. 120 pages

13 votes, 8.8%

1929, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 326 pages

12 votes, 8.2%

1869, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 449 pages

11 votes, 7.5%

1844, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 786 pages

11 votes, 7.5%

1909, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 360 pages

10 votes, 6.8%

1883, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 311 pages

9 votes, 6.1%

1869, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1392 pages

7 votes, 4.8%

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