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Analysis of One Work

Pride and Prejudice is one of the most famous works by Jane Austen, it was originally written in 1796, and then finally published in 1813. Originally the story was called First Impressions, and received very little support. The novel was completely revised and published under the name Pride and Prejudice. This satire was a novel of manners that follows the main character, Elizabeth, through the difficult times in her life including upbringing, marriage, manners, men, society, and all else that effects a young woman in 19 century England. The novel is an intense outlook on life as a woman in a men-controlled society. Pride and Prejudice follows the many intertwining relationships including the marriage of Fitzwilliam Darcy, and the long list of aunts, uncles, mistresses, enemies, husbands, wives, benefactors, companions, etc. This novel is crucial in educating students of all age in many English speaking countries, as well as countries around the world. This novel teaching the difference between love, and attraction and friends and enemies has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and has become a staple piece of literature in society. It is easily said that Pride and Prejudice is an instrumental piece of literature.

Summary of Major Works

Jane Austen was an author that did not receive much success during her lifetime and only published few novels. Mansfield Park was written in 1811, and was her third novel. This novel is the most complicated and tackles issues such as education of children, the differences between appearances and reality. Lovers’ Vow was a play that was directly related to Mansfield Park. Pride and Prejudice one of the most famous was written in 1796, and then rewritten in 1811-1812. This book deals with prejudice and judgment from first encounters, and how judgments morph with more interaction. Emma was written in 1814-1815, and was dedicated to his royal highness of England. Emma tackles a young woman’s maturity and adulthood. This novels shows the extensive trouble that she falls into and is seen to engulf many issues that she once faced. Persuasion was written in 1815, while she was suffering from illness, she worked on it until she died in 1817, and her brother Henry Austen published the book. Persuasion is a novel of second chances, expectations of society, and constancy of love. Other novels and essays included Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey and Juvenilia (a combination of many essays).

Major Themes, Influences, and Artistic Style

Jane Austen is an ornate artist who has marked literature in an unimaginable way. A common theme that is prevalent in all her work is the reference to social class, to the ways of the British society, and the push for a feminist movement. It is easily said that she was influenced by her own life and this permeates through artistic style, plots, and characters. Austen also has a strong sense of realism in her novels and is highly acclaimed by many literary critics. There was a point in her life when she was seen to be taboo with a neighbor and I feel like her high-hopes for woman could be credited to her somewhat crazy years. Also some more influences stem from her family life, from the harsh skepticism of women in her family and the strictness of her father. Overall Jane Austen’s family, and the time period influenced her themes, and artistic style greatly. This style and theme stays pretty stationary throughout her short publishing.

Austen's Career

Jane Austen’s career during her lifetime was somewhat drab, but after death she took on a whole new level of fame. Her novels include Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, and Emma. She wrote other essays, and short stories throughout her time but was not seriously devoted to writing stories. She reached fame when her nephew wrote a novel about her life, and then later she became a staple in American and British literature. Jane Austen’s work has reached fame by many different countries, and she has had her work published in an abundance of languages. Although her novels have not won any major awards it has hit the tops of many famous lists, including the Top 101 Books Ever Written, and has won the award of “UK’s Best-Loved Book” by BBC. Many of Austen’s books have been adapted to film and the movies have won an abundance of awards, and nominations that are practically awards for the author. The sad truth is in the 1800s there were no to very few literary awards and also Austen was not famous during her lifetime.

Jane Austen Biography

Jane Austen was a British author born December 16, 1775 and later died on July 18, 1817. Austen was most known for her novel, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. She is noted for having realism and poking fun at the social ways of a very proper English society. Jane Austen educated herself through literature and her father and older brother. She was born in to a close-knit family in rural England and received very little former training. Austen experimented with an abundance of genres of literature in her short twenty years of publication and then retired to an easier lifestyle. During her lifetime Austen received very little proclaim for her works, and very few positive reviews; although after death she received the proclaim she deserved. It was not until her nephew published A memoir of Jane Austen in 1869 that her praise began to poor in. Austen lived a pretty privileged life and did a lot for the family and surrounding families. She never moved out of her parents’ house but instead assisted them in taking care of families, children, and supervising the maids. She attended many socials and continued to write throughout her lifetime. Like many authors Jane Austen did not receive praise until after her death and can now be called one of the greatest authors since the 1800s.