Jane Austen

The novelist of marriage, money, and moral perception in Regency England.

Specifications & Metrics

era

1775 – 1817

language

English

region

Hampshire and Bath, England

notable works

Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion

Core Principles & Analysis

• Her novels were published anonymously, crediting only 'A Lady'.
• She wrote on small slips of paper that could be hidden when visitors came.
• Her irony and free indirect discourse made her modernism's favorite ancestor.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Jane Austen