OneofthemostwidelyreadwritersinEnglishliteratureANovelistforEveryoneWhenShakespeareandDickenshavesunkintovenerability,Austen,ontheotherhand,hasbecomeourcontemporary.JaneAusten’sLifeJaneAusten(1775-1817)wasbornattherectoryinthevillageofSteventon,inHampshire.Sheneverattendedtoaformalschool.Shewaseducatedmainlyathomebyherfatherandbrothers.Austen’sHometownDuetothepoorhealth,shediedattheageof42inWinchesterandburiedinWinchesterCathedral.LastDaysAttheageof21,JanemetTomLefroy,anIrishman,andfellinlovewithhimatthefirstglance.However,Tomwaspoor.Jane'sfamilydidn'taccepthim.Finally,hemarriedawealthywoman.Janewasnevermarriedallherlife.LifeexperienceThishouseinChawtoniswhereJaneAustenlivedduringthelasteightyearsofherlifewithhersister.In1949thehousewasopenedastheJaneAusten’shousemuseum.Austen’sHouseMuseumAusten’sHouseMuseumJaneAusten’sWorksSenseandSensibility(1811)PrideandPrejudice(1813)MansfieldPark(1814)Emma(1815)NorthangerAbbey(1818)Persuasion(1819)MasterWorksSenseandSenibility(1811)PrideandPrejudice(1813)MansfieldPark(1814)Emma(1815)NorthangerAbbey(1818)Persuasion(1819)Theme:Mostlyaboutloveandmarriageofmiddle-classpeople.Language:Simple,humorous,wittyandwithquietirony.Oneoftherealisticnovelists.WritingStyle