Jane Austen once said, “Simply do not wed if the affection is not there.” In fact, when she said this, Jane was speaking from experience. A childhood friend asked for her hand in marriage when she was twenty-seven. (She was middle-aged for this time period.) She accepted his proposal, simply because it was financially practical, but changed her mind and said no the next day. Jane Austen was a great romantic throughout her childhood, and she became a great romantic novelist because of this.
Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, England on December 17th, 1775 ("Jane”). Her family was well-respected and fairly well off because her father was part of the church, and religious beliefs were a large part of life in that time. At the time …show more content…
Jane also started to write some of her future major works, the first called Elinor and Marianne, another story told as a series of letters, which would eventually be published as Sense and Sensibility. She began drafts of First Impressions, which would later be published as Pride and Prejudice, and Susan, later published as Northanger Abbey by Jane's brother, Henry, following Jane's death("Biography." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.”). Jane’s works did not become popular until after her death. In her 30s, Jane started to anonymously publish her works, with the help of her older brother. In the period spanning 1811-16, she pseudonymously published Sense and Sensibility,Pride and Prejudice (a work she referred to as her "darling child," which also received critical acclaim), Mansfield Park and Emma (“Jane”). Her first (unsuccessful) try at being published was in 1797, and it was titled First Impressions, and it was an early version of Pride and Prejudice, her most famous novel. Jane’s father was very supportive of her writing, and attempted to have a handwritten version of First Impressions published soon after it was finished, but was rejected. In 1803 Austen sold “Susan” for £10 to a publisher, who promised early publication, but the manuscript languished in his archives until it was repurchased a year before Austen’s death
Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, England on December 17th, 1775 ("Jane”). Her family was well-respected and fairly well off because her father was part of the church, and religious beliefs were a large part of life in that time. At the time …show more content…
Jane also started to write some of her future major works, the first called Elinor and Marianne, another story told as a series of letters, which would eventually be published as Sense and Sensibility. She began drafts of First Impressions, which would later be published as Pride and Prejudice, and Susan, later published as Northanger Abbey by Jane's brother, Henry, following Jane's death("Biography." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.”). Jane’s works did not become popular until after her death. In her 30s, Jane started to anonymously publish her works, with the help of her older brother. In the period spanning 1811-16, she pseudonymously published Sense and Sensibility,Pride and Prejudice (a work she referred to as her "darling child," which also received critical acclaim), Mansfield Park and Emma (“Jane”). Her first (unsuccessful) try at being published was in 1797, and it was titled First Impressions, and it was an early version of Pride and Prejudice, her most famous novel. Jane’s father was very supportive of her writing, and attempted to have a handwritten version of First Impressions published soon after it was finished, but was rejected. In 1803 Austen sold “Susan” for £10 to a publisher, who promised early publication, but the manuscript languished in his archives until it was repurchased a year before Austen’s death