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.

Why did I choose Jane Austen?

Jane Austen is a literary hero, and well known by the public. She has written novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Mansfield Park. In my blog I will investigate the exciting life of Austen, and the career and works of art that made her famous. Jane Austen is a wonderful novelist, and author that deserves the recognition of a blog to investigate her life.