Jane Austen

Born

in Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, The United Kingdom

December 16, 1775

Died

July 18, 1817

Website

http://www.janeausten.org/

Genre

Fiction, Romance

Influences

Fanny Burney

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Jane Austen 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 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 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. Her artistic apprenticeship lasted from her teenage years until she was about 35 years old. During this period, she experimented with various literary forms, ...more

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	Pride and Prejudice 4.24 avg rating — 1,963,164 ratings — published 1813 — 2716 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 by Jane Austen, Tony Tanner (Introduction), Ros Ballaster (Introduction/Editor) 4.05 avg rating — 719,584 ratings — published 1811 — 1527 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 by Jane Austen, Fiona Stafford (Introduction, Notes) 3.98 avg rating — 463,310 ratings — published 1815 — 1343 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 by Jane Austen, James Kinsley (Editor), Deidre Shauna Lynch (Introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 360,601 ratings — published 1818 — 1058 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 by Jane Austen, Alfred MacAdam (Introduction) 3.79 avg rating — 210,407 ratings — published 1817 — 986 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 by Jane Austen, Kathryn Sutherland (Editor, Introduction & Notes by), Tony Tanner (original Penguin Introduction by) 3.82 avg rating — 200,002 ratings — published 1814 — 926 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 4.54 avg rating — 20,637 ratings — published 1981 — 79 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 by Jane Austen, R.W. Chapman (Editor) 3.54 avg rating — 17,460 ratings — published 1871 — 322 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, Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon by Jane Austen, James Kinsley (Editor), Claudia L. Johnson (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 5,908 ratings — published 1818 — 8 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) 3.73 avg rating — 5,404 ratings — published 1871 — 39 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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Quotes by Jane Austen

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: friendship, love

18779 likes

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: humor, love, romantic, women

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July 2015 Revisit the Shelf, Group Reread

1952, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, 601 pages

13 votes, 26.5%

1872, Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 252 pages

9 votes, 18.4%

1929, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 351 pages

6 votes, 12.2%

1815, Emma by Jane Austen, 474 pages

6 votes, 12.2%

1844, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 786 pages

5 votes, 10.2%

1932, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 268 pages

5 votes, 10.2%

1957, Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, 513 pages

3 votes, 6.1%

1887, A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, 108 pages

2 votes, 4.1%

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