Jane Austen


Born
in Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England, The United Kingdom
December 16, 1775

Died
July 18, 1817

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Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British 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
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Гордість і упередженість

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Sense and Sensibility

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Emma

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Persuasion

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Northanger Abbey

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Mansfield Park

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Lady Susan

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The Complete Novels

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

“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

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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Time to vote for our July 2022 BOTM Group Read. The theme was a book that was made into a movie. Voting will close Tuesday night 6/28/2022.

If you nominated more than 1 book, I chose the book I would rather read over the other. Just letting you know how some made it to the poll and others didn't. Secondly, I saw Earthsea as a TV series but not a movie. Shhh.... secretly, I am going to watch the series though.

 
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