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    Jane Austen is one of the most notable and influential female writers of all time. With heart wrenching and thought provoking novels like Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice it’s no wonder Jane has an unwieldy legacy. Much like the writers in her time Austen drew inspiration from within and much of the world around her. However, readers and critics alike have often stated that her muse is unlike any other. A dissection of Jane Austen’s notable works reveals one astonishing theory: the life of Jane Austen is the inspiration for her novel’s characters, relationships, and dilemmas. Jane was born on December 16, 1775 in the small town of Steventon. As the seventh of eight children in the Austen home one could say…

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    On the sixteenth day of December in the 1775th year, a daughter of the name Jane Austen was born to George and Cassandra Austen of Steventon, Hampshire, England. Austen grew up with a highly literate family – her father being an Oxford-educated clergyman and her mother was a humorous, aristocratic woman. (Biography) Austen had a large family consisting of six brothers and one sister aside from herself and her parents. “Jane grew up with a normal life. She studied at the town of Oxford, and then…

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    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…

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    Jane Austen, an intelligent, mellow, and sarcastic woman who was an artist by illustration is one of the most captivating human beings. Her writings appeal to anyone and everyone. Be it gentleman or lady; her genre is truly peculiar. Austen’s criticism of society’s inequality and superficiality grasps a variety of different readers attention because her writing is relevant to humanity as a whole. She wrote her stories in a way that pleases critics and common readers. Furthermore, Austen…

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    esteemed author, once stated, “Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.” Perhaps such a statement is radical, but it is undisputable that tales such as Pride and Prejudice are well-loved classics. Jane Austen had a childhood that poised her for success, a sudden development of her career, wrote many pieces of literature, is known for various themes and genres, used various literary techniques, and has won a variety of awards. Jane Austen was a phenomenal author, from her…

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    Jane Austen, most known for her novel Pride and Prejudice, is regarded in today’s literature as a classic novelist. She is famous for her heroine focused plots and themes that reflected the social struggles that she faced while she was alive. Born on the 16th day of December in 1775, Jane Austen was the 7th child of 8. She grew up in Hampshire along with her 6 brothers and older sister. Her father, George Austen, was a reverend for their town church. Jane and her sister, Cassandra, received a…

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    The marginalization of the female persona is exemplified particularly in Pride and Prejudice. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice her strong female character is a reflection of the continued sense of inequality among genders. The inequality between genders is an overarching theme that the female characters are expected to succumb to. Women have limited opportunities because of societal manners and class which sets the pressure to be married. In the case of the Bennet daughters there are no…

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    Jane Austen is of the famous authors of the 17th century. An English Novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the aristocrats earned a place as one of the most widely read writers in English Literature. Austen, a woman who expresses writing in a manner that bridges the gap between romance and realism. Her lifelong efforts remain in our possession and are well known across the globe. Austen reflects on her journey of life and peruses to express those events in the form of stories. From…

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    satirical fiction did not exist; brilliant novels such as Animal Farm or 1984 by George Orwell, or Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Jane Austen was one of the very first satirical fiction writers in the literary world and, without her writings, satirical fiction may not have been what it is today, or it may not have even existed. Austen is a major novelist known for her famous six novels depicting common life in England at the end of the eighteenth-century. Her satires helped helped transition…

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    Jane austen died from tuberculosis when she was forty one years old. Tuberculosis is an infection bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules. Jane Austen was born December 16, 1775 and passed away july 18, 1817.Jane was born in Steventon, Hampshire.. She was born a month later than expected. That following year the winter was really harsh, therefore Jane was not baptised till april 5, at the local church with only using her single name Jane. She was known for her six major…

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