Who Was Jane Austen?

Who Was Jane Austen?

<b>Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author.</b><br><br>Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her writing—principally her five novels—is a critique of the British landed gentry at the end of the eighteenth century, and often a comment on the pursuit of a "good match" in matters of marriage. <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, <i>Sense and Sensibility</i>, <i>Mansfield Park</i>, <i>Emma</i>, and <i>Northhanger Abbey</i> remain her most famous works. <i>Who Was Jane Austen?</i> reveals the life of this most private author.