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     • Austen’s characters offer so much more to her readers than romance, and this is part of her enduring appeal. Across her six novels, short epistolary offerings and miscellanea, she invented a variety of characters – hero and heroine, sidekick and enemy – for audiences to find a kindred spirit in and be entertained by.
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   Are Jane Austen books hard to read?

   • I love Jane Austen novels but they can be so hard to read at times. Most of us are not accustomed to 1800s English so, of course, it’s difficult. Austen’s writing and characters are definitely worth the effort it takes to read. She has many books to choose from and I am working on reading them all!

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   Was Jane Austen a reader?

   • Before she was a writer, Jane Austen was a reader. A reader, moreover, within a family of readers, who would gather in her father’s rectory to read aloud from the work of authors such as Samuel Johnson, Frances Burney, and William Cowper—as well as, eventually, Jane’s own works-in-progress.

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   How did Jane Austen rank her books?

   • Jane Austen books ranked and reconsidered, from Emma to Persuasion. Here are some of the many things I learned. Also in Slate, Adelle Waldman ranks Jane Austen’s works, as well as her most devastating one-liners. Why do so many of Jane Austen’s smartest readers consider her weakest novel to be her best?

   Jane Austen books ranked and reconsidered, from Emma to Persuasion

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   How many books did Jane Austen write?

   • Her books are read by people all over the world and have been made into countless TV, film, theatre and radio adaptations. This is all the more impressive because she only wrote six full-length novels. In order of publication, these were: Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

   So… who is Jane Austen & why does she matter?

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   Why is Jane Austen so famous?

   • Jane Austen was a pioneer in fiction, breaking new ground in subject and style. She saw that everyday events in ordinary places could be the stuff of fiction. Her social range may be narrow, confined to her own rank in society, but she has a universal comic wit.

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   Does Jane Austen still inspire us?

   • To quote Mr Darcy: From page to screen, to places we visit, Jane Austen still inspires us with her timeless writing, two centuries on from her death.

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   Visit Jane Austen's House - the Hampshire cottage at which Jane Austen lived and penned her novels, including the timeless Pride and Prejudice. Professor Kathryn Sutherland discusses why Jane Austen was a pioneer in fiction, breaking new ground in subject and style.

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   Aug 23, 2024 · An extract from What Jane Austen’s Characters Read (And Why) by Susan Allen Ford, exploring Austen's character’s lives beyond the novels and what their literary choices would have meant to her own readership.

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   Jane Austen is one of the most famous writers in English literature. Her books are read by people all over the world and have been made into countless TV, film, theatre and radio adaptations. This is all the more impressive because she only wrote six full-length novels.

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   Apr 5, 2013 · Also in Slate, Adelle Waldman ranks Jane Austen’s works, as well as her most devastating one-liners. Why do so many of Jane Austen’s smartest readers consider her weakest novel to be her best?

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   Dec 24, 2018 · As a skilled reader, she understands how each mode affects the spirit differently under different circumstances, and though she loves both prose and poetry—even reciting poetry “worthy of being...

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    Jul 14, 2017 · It is a truth universally acknowledged that two centuries on from the death of Jane Austen, the enthusiasm for her work and the Regency world she represents is more alive than ever.