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Aus·ten  (ôstn), Jane 1775-1817.
British writer who is noted for her penetrating observation of middle-class manners and morality and her irony, wit, and meticulous style. Her novels include Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816).
Austen [ˈɒstɪn ˈɔː-]
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(Biographies / Austen, Jane (1775-1817) F, English, WRITING: novelist) Jane. 1775-1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)
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Noun1.Austen - English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)Austen - English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)
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I suggest in "Jane Austen, Jane Fairfax, and Jane Eyre" that these affectionate representations of Austen as a saintly homebody prompted Bronte's violent attack upon her.
Jane Austen, Samuel Johnson, and the academy by Harris, Jocelyn / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
 
 
 
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