Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an author. One of the best-known authors of the early 19th century, Austen is best known for her novel Pride and Prejudice.
Life[]
Born in December of 1775 in Steventon Rectory, Jane was the seventh child of George Austen (a rural member of the clergy). She was schooled until the age of nine, though her schooling had a large gap in it (she was pulled out of Oxford after nearly dying from typhus). Despite this, Austen educated herself by reading. In her teenage years, Austen penned (or at least began work on) numerous works.
At the age of twenty-five, Austen's father retired from his job and the Austen family moved to Bath, where she lived for most of her adult life.
During her later years (staring in 1811 with Sense and Sensibility), Austen published most of her famous works. In 1816, she left Bath for Winchester due to ill health and died a year later from an unknown illness (likely Addison's disease, though possibly also Hodgkin's lymphoma).
Writing style[]
Though most of her work is down-to-earth, Austen's work is not without a comedic edge. This is most notable in Northanger Abbey.
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Notable works[]
- Sense and Sensibility
- Pride and Prejudice
- Mansfield Park
- Emma
- Northanger Abbey
- Persuasion
- Lady Susan
Nonfiction books on Austen[]
- Searching for Jane Austen by Emily Auerbach
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Appearances in fiction[]
- Austen appears numerous times in the series Doctor Who and its extended universe, including:
- Marc Platt's audio drama Frostfire, in which a Phoenix's egg briefly intrudes into her life.
- James Goss' audio drama Expiry Dating, in which Austen is described as a sadistic hunter by the Tenth Doctor.
- The short stories A Hundred Words from a Civil War and God Encompasses show Austen's life in the City of the Saved.
- Alice Cavender's audio drama False Coronets shows Austen becoming involved in the machinations of a time traveller.
- Matt Fitton's audio drama A Most Excellent Match shows a virtual reality simulation built off of Austen's works.
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