Jane Austen (1775–1817)
Author of Pride and Prejudice
About the Author
Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her show more family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41. Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
While a number of works on this author page are modern works only partly based on the classic works of Jane Austen, the Jane Austen listed as (co-)author is the Jane Austen of the CK information, not a different Jane Austen, and therefore the author page should not be split. (However, Jane Austen's role should be author, editor, etc of the work, not a subject or reference of the work.)
Please be careful when combining editions of Austen's complete novels - some editions contain 7 novels, others 8. Still others add various novels that were not completed.
Series
Works by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice / Mansfield Park / Emma / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion (1811) 1,556 copies
The Works of Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion) (2006) 206 copies
Jane Austen Collection: 18 Works, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Love and Friendship, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady… (1790) 61 copies
Persuasion: The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters' Letters and Papers, Written and Folded by Hand (2022) — Author — 44 copies
Uskollinen ystävänne (Lady Susan ; Lesley Castle ; Love and Freindship ; The Three Sisters) (2007) 35 copies
The Classic Jane Austen Collection: 6-Volume box set edition (Arcturus Classic Collections, 1) (2021) 28 copies
Love and Freindship [also - A collection of letters/The history of England/Lesley Castle] (2005) 23 copies
Pugs and Prejudice (Classic Tails 1): Beautifully illustrated classics, as told by the finest breeds! (2017) 19 copies
Jane Austen Complete Collection (All Novels and Minor Works, including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility,… (2014) 19 copies
Jane Austen Complete 7 Books Collection Box Set (Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and… (2020) 13 copies
Search and Find Pride & Prejudice: A Jane Austen Search and Find Book (Search & Find Classics) (2017) 13 copies
Jane Austen Deluxe Edition (Sense & Sensibility; Mansfield Park) (Romantic Fantasy) (2017) 10 copies
Fragment of a novel : Sanditon 10 copies
Seven novels = 8 copies
Jane Austen Collection: Her Complete Works (Includes Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma,… (2013) 8 copies
Anne of Green Gables / Sense and Sensibility / Little Women / Pride Prejudice / Jane Eyre / Emma / The Secret Garden /… (2002) 8 copies
Jane Austen Collection: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion and More (Xist Classics) (2015) 7 copies
The Complete Works of Jane Austen: All novels, short stories, letters and poems (Global Classics) (2017) 7 copies
Jane Austen's Juvenilia (Complete and Illustrated): Love and Freindship [sic], Edgar and Emma, The Three Sisters,… (2010) 7 copies
Jane Austen - Drei Romane im Schuber (illustriert) - Stolz und Vorurteil, Emma, Verstand und Gefühl (2021) 6 copies
Northanger Abbey 6 copies
Complete Works of Jane Austen "English Novelist of Romantic Fiction"! 10 Complete Works (Pride and Prejudice, Emma,… (2015) 6 copies
The Complete Jane Austen Collection - 6 Book Box Set (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma,… (2019) 5 copies
Jane Austen's Novels in Ten Volumes: Sense and Sensibility I II - Pride and Prejudice I II - Mansfield Park I II - Emma… (1893) 5 copies
Oakshot Complete Works of Jane Austen (Illustrated, Inline Footnotes) (Classics Book 7) (2016) 5 copies
Jane Austen Complete 6 Books Collection Box Set (Northanger Abbey, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Senesibility,… (2020) 5 copies
Complete Jane Austen boxed book set, 6 volumes, Pantheon Books, vintage, circa 1940-1950 (1950) 5 copies
The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of Jane Austen A Linked Index of all PG Editions of Jane Austen (2010) 5 copies
The Works of Jane Austen 5 copies
Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 4:: Emma: Graded readers for secondary and adult learners (2017) 4 copies
The Works of Jane Austin 4 copies
Reading & Training : Jane Austen : Northanger Abbey [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 4 copies
Junior Classic - Book 15 (Emma, Jane Eyre, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Prisoner of Zenda) (Junior Classics) (2016) 4 copies
Jane Austen : London in miniature with the surrounding villages : with the important places in the short fiction Lady… (2015) 4 copies
Obra completa: Estuche con: Mansfield Park | Emma | Orgullo y prejuicio | Sentido y sensibilidad | Persuasión | La… (2017) 4 copies
Sense And Sensibility The Diaries 4 copies
Emma/Mansfield Park/Northanger Abbey/Persuasion/Pride and Prejudice/Sense and Sensibility AND Lady Susan/The… (2000) 4 copies
Jane Austen Collection: (Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Emma and Mansfield Park (1996) 4 copies
Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon 4 copies
Jane Austen: Emma; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Pride and Prejudice; Sanditon and Other Stories; Sense… (2010) 4 copies
Mirth and Mischief 4 copies
Complete Novels of Jane Austen 3 copies
Coffret Jane Austen : Romans 1 : Orgueil et préjugés, Raison et sentiments, Emma, Lady Susan; Romans 2 : Northanger… (2010) 3 copies
Emma/Mansfield Park/Northhanger Abbey/Persuasion/Pride & Prejudice/Sense & Sensibility/Lady Susan/The Watsons/Sandition (1976) 3 copies
Lady Susan e le altre 3 copies
The World's Great Classics 3 copies
SANDITON and A MEMOIR OF JANE AUSTEN (Cambridge World Classics) Complete Novel by Jane Austen and Biography by James… (2011) 3 copies
Jane Austen: The Complete Novels A Biography of the Author (Book House Publishing) (The Greatest Writers of All Time) (2017) 3 copies
The Complete Works of Jane Austen in Two Volumes (Volume Two) Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, The… (2015) 3 copies
The Newly Discovered, Unfinished and Finished Complete Works of Jane Austen Nook Edition (2011) 3 copies
Box Grandes Obras de Jane Austen 3 copies
Jane Austen's Complete Novels 3 copies
Mansfield Park - Volume II — Author — 3 copies
Jane Austen's men : "The Adventures of Mr. Harley", "Sir William Montague", "Memoirs of Mr. Clifford" and "The Generous… (2007) 3 copies
A Novel Approach to Spanish, Level 1: Pride y Prejuicio: Read a Novel, Learn a Language. (2020) 3 copies
Jane Austen Collection, Deluxe Box Gift Set: Containing: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion,… (2016) 2 copies
The Pilgrim's Progress 2 copies
The History of England. A facsimile of her manuscript written aged sixteen and illustrated by her Sister Cassandra. (1993) 2 copies
Pride and Prejudice: 2 copies
Jane Austen's Works [DVD] 2 copies
Gothic Parodies: Northanger Abbey, Nightmare Abbey & The Heroine: or, Adventures of Cherubina (Volumes I, II, III) (2011) 2 copies
Jane Austen's Greatest Novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey,… (2021) 2 copies
Northanger Abbey and Persuasion: Northanger 3e Oia 5 C: V (Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen) (1963) 2 copies
L'oeuvre romanesque, l'intégrale illustrée : Raison et sentiments ; Orgueil et préjugés, Mansfield Park ; Emma ;… (2014) 2 copies
About the Author 2 copies
Elinor si Marianne 2 copies
Jane Austen Collection, The 2 copies
Capt. Wentworth's Letter (broadside) 2 copies
The Complete Works of Jane Austen 7 Books Collection Box Set (Sandition and Other Tales, Sense and Senesibility, Pride… (2023) 2 copies
Jane Austen: Complete Novels 2 copies
Sense and Sensibility and Miss Austen Regrets (2007) — Author — 2 copies
오만과 편견 2 copies
Pride & Prejudice 2 copies
Sense and Sensibility 2 copies
Mr Darcy's Letter 2 copies
The Jane Austen Collection: Deluxe 6-Book Harcover Boxed Set (Arcturus Collector's Classics, 1) 2 copies
Letters of Jane Austen. Edited with an introduction and critical remarks by Edward, Lord Brabourne. [With portrait.] (2010) 2 copies
Persuasion {Penny Reid edit} 2 copies
Sense and Sensibility - Volume I 2 copies
The Novels of Jane Austen 2 copies
Sanditon and Other Tales 1 copy
Sensatez y Sensibilidad 1 copy
Jane Austen's Emma 1 copy
Jane Austen 7 Books Collection Set (Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Emma, Sense and… (2021) 1 copy
The Novels of Jane Austin 1 copy
Austen's Pride and Prejudice: The Study Guide Edition: Complete text & integrated study guide (Creative Study Guide… (2015) 1 copy
Emma (vol. II) 1 copy
Pride & Predudice 1 copy
Darcy and Elizabeth 1 copy
Lady Susan, Love and Friendship, and Other Early Works: Early Jane Austen Classic Novel Collection 1 copy
The Novels of Jane Austen. The Text based on the Collation of the Early Editions by R. W. Chapman. 1 copy
2: L'abbazia di Northanger 1 copy
إقناع 1 copy
الكبرياء والهوى 1 copy
Jane Austen's Juvenilia 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice vol 1 1 copy
Sanditon og Lady Susan 1 copy
Kül Ve Ateş 1 copy
Reading & Training : Jane Austen : Sense and sensibility [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 1 copy
Sense & Sensibilty 1916 1 copy
Jane Austen 1 copy
Persuasion (Emrynn Classics Edition): Includes "Austen Translated" Glossary and the "Cancelled Chapter" (2022) 1 copy
Mandrie si prejudecata 1 copy
Four complete novels 1 copy
ABACIA E NORTHANGERIT 1 copy
Orgullo y prejuicio Novela 1 copy
אמה 1 copy
AUSTEN-GEORGE ELIOT 1 copy
Mansfield Park 1934 leather 1 copy
Juvenilia Volume I Annotated 1 copy
Emma BBC Masterpiece Theater 1 copy
Jane Austens samlade brev 1 copy
Stolz und Vorurteil : Roman 1 copy
Mansfield Park (Norton Critical Editions) by Austen, Jane, Johnson, Claudia L. (1998) Paperback 1 copy
Jane Austen's Emma 1 copy
Persuasion 1 copy
Mansfield Park 1 copy
Emma 1 copy
Sentido y sentibilidad 1 copy
Northanger Abbey 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice 1 copy
Lettere Sanditon 1 copy
Sense & Sensibility (DVD) 1 copy
Mansfield Park 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice 1 copy
Persuasion 1 copy
Northanger Abbey 1 copy
The Letters of Jane Austen: Selected From the Compilation of Her Great Nephew, Edward, Lord Brabourne (Classic Reprint) (2015) 1 copy
Mansfield Park - Volume I 1 copy
The Watsons 1 copy
Sense and Sensibility: Lektüre mit 3 Audio-CDs: Intermediate Level 1.600 Wörter / 3.-5. Lernjahr (2005) 1 copy
THE WATSONS Continued & Completed by Edith Her Great Grand Neice & Francis Brown in Accordance with Her Intentions (1928) 1 copy
Love and Freindship &c 1 copy
Sanditon and Other Stories 1 copy
A Visit to Highbury 1 copy
Dos novelistas inglesas 1 copy
J. Austen's Novels (6 vols.) 1 copy
Emma - CD 1 of 3 1 copy
Emma - CD 2 of 3 1 copy
Pride and Prejucide - CD ROM 1 copy
Sobranie sochineniia 1 copy
Jane Austen: The Complete Novels - 7 Novels Bonus ( FREE AudioBooks, The Letters of jane Austen...) (The Complete… (2016) 1 copy
Premium Collection Vol:1/ 3 Novels Sense and Sensibility , Pride and Prejudice ,Mansfield Park. (2016) 1 copy
Le magnifiche 7 signore della letteratura inglese (eNewton Classici) (Italian Edition) (2013) 1 copy
The Novels of Jane Austen, Handy Library Edition: Emma; Pride and Prejudice;Lady Susan, Letters, Etc; Mansfield Park,… (1892) — Author — 1 copy
The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen: Volume III: Mansfield Park (Oxford Illustrated Austen) by Jane Austen (1988-11-17) (1803) 1 copy
Stolz und Vorurteil 1 copy
Die beliebtesten Liebesromane der Weltliteratur (15 Klassiker in einem Buch - Vollständige deutsche Ausgaben):… (2016) 1 copy
Biography - Jane Austen 1 copy
Jane Austen: Complete Collection of Works and Historical Background (Annotated and Illustrated) (Annotated Classics) (2013) 1 copy
Sanditon and Other Stories 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice - DISC 1 1 copy
Persuasion 2 1 copy
Persuasion 1 1 copy
Poems and Favourite Poems 1 copy
Jane Austen: The Six Novels 1 copy
Quotations 1 copy
Persuasion [blank book] 1 copy
Leikkiä ja totta 1 copy
From Persuasion 1 copy
Persuasion 1 copy
Pride and prejudice [VHS] 1 copy
Emma: An A&E Home Video 1 copy
Emma - CD 3 of 3 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice - DISC 4 1 copy
Les Watson: Court roman narratif, où se mêlent romantisme, mœurs et classes sociales de… (2022) 1 copy
The Younger Sister Vol 2 1 copy
The Younger Sister Vol 3 1 copy
Novels of Jane Austen 1 copy
The Novels of Jane Austen 1 copy
Letters of Jane Austen, selected from the compilation of her great nephew Edward, lord Bradbourne 1 copy
Mansfield Park. Cz. 2 1 copy
A History of England 1 copy
Ritorno a te 1 copy
Emma (coleccion Jet 343/2) 1 copy
Seny i sentiment 1 copy
The Complete Collection Of Jane Austen: Edition 2022: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma,… (2022) 1 copy
Jane Austen minden napra 1 copy
Novels 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice (Norton Critical Editions): Written by Jane Austen, 1993 Edition, (2nd annotated edition)… (1993) 1 copy
Kolm õde 1 copy
JANE AUSTEN'S JUVENILIA & EARLY WORKS (Cambridge World Classics) Includes Love and Freindship / Love and Friendship |… (2011) 1 copy
PERSUASION (With CD) Level 2 1 copy
Mansfield Park. Cz. 1 1 copy
Jane Austen Quotes to Color Coloring Book featuring quotes from Jane Austen (Coloring Quotes Adult Coloring Books) (2016) 1 copy
Pride and prejudice (theme) 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice, Volume I (Large Print Edition) (Bibliobazaar Reproduction Series) (2008) 1 copy
Emma: Parts I II. 2 vols. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson, with an Introduction by William Lyon Phelps. Colored… (1906) 1 copy
Jane Austen (Set of 4) Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility (2000) 1 copy
The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen, Five Volume Set (AKA The Novels of Jane Austen) Third Edition 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (original hardcover English vocabulary comes with manual annotation) World… (2015) 1 copy
Sanditon Persuasion 1 copy
Novel library 1 copy
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. AN AUTHORITATIVE TEXT, BACKGROUNDS, REVIEWS, AND ESSAYS IN CRITICISM, EDITED BY DONALD J. GRAY (1966) 1 copy
The Lake English Classics Revised Edition with Helps to Study: Pride and Prejudice Edited for School Use By Benjamin R.… (1919) 1 copy
Unter dem Mistelzweig: Die schönsten Liebesromane für die Weihnachtszeit: Stolz und Vorurteil, Jane Eyre, Das… (2017) 1 copy
Charlotte : Jane Austen utolsó, befejezetlen regénye, amelyet Julia Barrett egészített ki (2003) 1 copy
The Real History of England 1 copy
juvenalia 1 copy
Pride and Prejudice. (1813) NOVEL by: Jane Austen. ( IN TWO VOLUMES.)( complite ) ( INCLUDE: Emma. (1816) NOVEL by:… (2016) 1 copy
I capolavori: Orgoglio e pregiudizio - Mansfield Park - Emma - L’abbazia di Northanger - Persuasione (Italian… (2017) 1 copy
Austen, Jane Archive 1 copy
Amore e amicizia: racconti 1 copy
Jane Austen's Life 1 copy
Treasury of World Masterpieces, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Emma 1 copy
The Novels of Jane Austen in Ten Volumes: Pride and Prejudice, Vol. I (Chatto & Windus, 1908, 1st ed thus, 1st print,… (1908) 1 copy
The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen, Volume IX, Northanger Abbey - Winchester Edition (1913) 1 copy
Raison et sensibilité, ou les deux manières d'aimer (Tome 1) by Jane Austen (Volume 1) (2017) 1 copy
Cassetta blu. Le lettere degli spiriti liberi: Niente donne perfette, per favore-Perché sognare di sogni non miei?-Mia… (2018) 1 copy
Lady Susan; Memoirs 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Contributor — 188 copies
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; Pride and Prejudice (1768) — Contributor — 46 copies
Ladies of the Gothics: Tales of Romance and Terror by the Gentle Sex (1975) — Contributor — 40 copies
Two Gothic Classics by Women: The Italian; Northanger Abbey (Signet Classic) (1995) — Contributor — 37 copies
The Romance Collection: Pride and Prejudice / Emma / Jane Eyre / Ivanhoe / Tom Jones / The Scarlet Pimpernel / Lorna… (2002) — Writer — 21 copies
Jane Eyre/ Wuthering Heights/ Little Women/ Adam Bede/ Emma/ Pride and Prejudice (2001) — Contributor — 15 copies
10 Penguin Classics on 45 CDs (The Mayor of Casterbridge, Pride & Prejudice, Great Expectations, Frankenstein, Jane… (2007) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels - CASTLE OF WOLFENBACH, ORPHAN OF THE RHINE, NECROMANCER, HORRID… (1967) 6 copies
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball [2013 TV movie] — Author, some editions — 4 copies
Romance Classics: Jane Eyre / Mansfield Park / Lorna Doone / Far from the Madding Crowd / Middlemarch / Agnes Grey (1928) — Contributor — 4 copies
ローマの休日/エマ (エメラルドコミックス ハーモニィコミックス プレミアム) — Original Text — 1 copy
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
Modern Persuasion [2020 film] — Writer — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Austen, Jane
- Legal name
- Austen, Jane
- Other names
- A Lady
- Birthdate
- 1775-12-16
- Date of death
- 1817-07-18
- Burial location
- Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England, UK
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England
- Birthplace
- Steventon, Hampshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
- Cause of death
- Addison's disease
- Places of residence
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Chawton, Hampshire, England, UK
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Steventon, Hampshire, England - Education
- at home
Reading Ladies Boarding School - Occupations
- novelist
- Relationships
- Austen, Caroline (niece)
Austen-Leigh, James Edward (nephew)
Austen-Leigh, Joan (great-great-grand neice)
Austen-Leigh, William (grand-nephew)
Hubback, Catherine Anne (niece)
Austen, Henry (brother) (show all 8)
Lefroy, Anna (niece)
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Edward H. (grand-nephew) - Organizations
- Church of England
- Agent
- Henry Austen
Rev. George Austen - Short biography
- From the Jane Austen Society of North America: Jane Austen, one of England’s foremost novelists, was never publicly acknowledged as a writer during her lifetime. Born at Steventon Rectory in Hampshire, the 7th child of a country clergyman and his wife, she was primarily educated at home, benefiting from her father’s extensive library and the schoolroom atmosphere created by Mr. Austen’s live-in pupils. Her closest friend was her only sister, Cassandra, almost three years her senior.
Though Austen lived a quiet life, she had unusual access to the greater world, primarily through her brothers. On extended visits to Godmersham, her brother Edward’s estate in Kent, Austen and her sister took part in the privileged life of the landed gentry, which is reflected in all her fiction. In 1811, at the age of 35, she published Sense and Sensibility, which identified the author only as "a Lady." Pride and Prejudice followed in 1813, Mansfield Park in 1814, and Emma in 1815. Jane Austen died at age 41 and was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Interestingly, her gravestone, which is visited by hundreds of admirers each year, does not even mention that she was an author. - Disambiguation notice
- While a number of works on this author page are modern works only partly based on the classic works of Jane Austen, the Jane Austen listed as (co-)author is the Jane Austen of the CK information, not a different Jane Austen, and therefore the author page should not be split. (However, Jane Austen's role should be author, editor, etc of the work, not a subject or reference of the work.)
Please be careful when combining editions of Austen's complete novels - some editions contain 7 novels, others 8. Still others add various novels that were not completed.
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As always Austen gives us a razor sharp social commentary on her times, and draws out the foibles of the upper classes with humour and wit. Anne’s father Sir Walter Elliot and sister Elizabeth are painted as vain and superficial, having to lease the family estate Kellinge Hall in Somersetshire due to mismanagement and over spending. The story then takes Anne to Lyme where the lighthearted holiday takes a dramatic turn, and then to Bath where she is pursued by a wealthy suitor and forced to endure interminable social occasions with the who’s who of polite Georgian society.
I was intrigued by the cleverness of Austen’s writing. Not the modern “show but don’t tell”, but not the old-fashioned heavy-handed telling either. She has a superb mixture of revealing a character by their words and actions, their thoughts and internal monologue, and some sharp commentary of her own alongside it. Jane Austen was definitely a master craftsman and I know I will return to her books again and again.… (more)