Jane Austen (16 December 1775 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works o romantic iction!

! set among the lan"e" gentry! earne" her a #lace as one o the most wi"ely rea" writers in English literature$ %er realism! biting irony an" social commentary have gaine" her historical im#ortance among scholars an" critics$&1' (usten live" her entire li e as #art o a close)knit amily locate" on the lower ringes o the English lan"e" gentry$&*' +he was e"ucate" #rimarily by her ather an" ol"er brothers as well as through her own rea"ing$ ,he stea" ast su##ort o her amily was critical to her "evelo#ment as a #ro essional writer$&-' %er artistic a##renticeshi# laste" rom her teenage years into her thirties$ During this #erio"! she e.#erimente" with various literary orms! inclu"ing the e#istolary novel which she then aban"one"! an" wrote an" e.tensively revise" three ma/or novels an" began a ourth$&0' 1rom 1811 until 1816! with the release o Sense and Sensibility (1811)! Pride and Prejudice (181-)! Mansfield Park (1812) an" Emma (1816)! she achieve" success as a #ublishe" writer$ +he wrote two a""itional novels! Northanger Abbey an" Persuasion! both #ublishe" #osthumously in 1818! an" began a thir"! which was eventually title" Sanditon! but "ie" be ore com#leting it$ (usten3s works criti4ue the novels o sensibility o the secon" hal o the 18th century an" are #art o the transition to 15th)century realism$&2'&6' %er #lots! though un"amentally comic!&5' highlight the "e#en"ence o women on marriage to secure social stan"ing an" economic security$&6' %er works! though usually #o#ular! were irst #ublishe" anonymously an" brought her little #ersonal ame an" only a ew #ositive reviews "uring her li etime! but the #ublication in 1865 o her ne#hew3s A Memoir of Jane Austen intro"uce" her to a wi"er #ublic! an" by the 1527s she ha" become wi"ely acce#te" in aca"emia as a great English writer$ ,he secon" hal o the *7th century saw a #roli eration o (usten scholarshi# an" the emergence o a Janeite an culture$