Jane Austen

English novelist
 TABLE OF
CONTENTS
01 02
Biography Her novels

03 04
“Pride &
Facts
Prejudice”
Who was Jane Austen?
 Born on December 16, 1775
 Was sent to Oxford to attend school
 Attended the Abbey School in
Reading
 Composed short theatrical
performances
 Started writing at the age of 12
 HER NOVELS
1811 1813 1814 1815

Sense &
Sensibility

Pride &
Prejudice

Mansfield
Park

Emma
 Pride &
Prejudice
 Romantic novel published
anonymously
 Written with an incisive wit and
superb character delineation
 Centers on the relationship
between Elizabeth Bennet and
Fitzwilliam Darcy
 Characters

1 2 3 4 5

Jane Elizabeth Mary Lydia Kitty

• Sweet-tempered • Intelligent • Plain • Flighty
• Modest • High-spirited • Bookish • Immature
• Pompous
 Movie adaptation
Pride & Prejudice (2005 Film)
Release date: September 16, 2005
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen

“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your

feelings are still what they were last April, tell me
so at once. My affections and wishes are
unchanged, but one word from you will silence me
on this subject forever.” – Mr. Darcy
 Facts

 Jane Austen was educated mainly by her father;

 She dedicated a novel to someone she hated;

 She served in the war;

 Jane Austen died at a young age of 41 years old.

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● Pride and prejudice | summary, characters, author, book, movie, quotes, & facts | britannica.

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