Jane Austen“First lady” of English literature

was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction earned

her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature.

Main information

the village of Steventon, Hampshire. Here were written her first

novels: «Pride and Prejudice», «Sense and Sensibility», «Northanger Abbey», although they have not been published for a very long time. Her father, George Austen, was a priest. And her mother was from a noble, but impoverished family. Except Jane there were six boys and one girl.

Family

not dissipated maternal love transferred to the numerous nieces and

literary creations. She called the novel "Pride and Prejudice" "the beloved child".
According to a survey of modern authors who write romance novels, her book "Pride and Prejudice" is the best novel of the genre of all time, but in first time it was rejected by a publisher who found it boring and insignificant.

the village of Chawton. Here the writer Jane Austen spent

the last eight years of his life writing "Mansfield Park", "Emma" and "Persuasion."

House Museum Jane Austen

with the neighbor, Thomas Lefroyem, future Lord the Supreme Judge

of Ireland, and those years the law student. However marriage of young people would be impractical as both families were rather poor, therefore Jane and Tom have to split up with each other. Later she put on a cap, having declared thereby that from now she is the old maid, who said goodbye to hopes for personal happiness, though once the proposal was made to her.

Love story

Abbey (1818, posthumous)
Persuasion (1818, posthumous)
Short fiction
Lady Susan (1794, 1805)

Unfinished fiction
The

Watsons (1804)
Sanditon (1817)
Other works
Sir Charles Grandison (adapted play) (1793, 1800)
Plan of a Novel (1815)
Poems (1796-1817)
Prayers (1796-1817)
Letters (1796-1817)

List of works

Austen Book Club», 2007.
Filmography about Jane Austen