DECEMBER 16-PERSON OF THE DAY-JANE AUSTEN

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."

                  

                Her works mainly highlights the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standings and economic security. From her works, we could clearly conclude that she was a feminist. Her heroines were special and the novels were mainly from the perspective of the heroine.

Jane Austen,the famous English writer or novelist was born on December 16, 1775. She mainly wrote romantic fiction and had a firm place as one of the most widely read English novelist.  Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

As a child she used to read a lot. Her family's support played an important role in her journey. Her parents, George Austen and Cassandra were members of substantial gentry family. Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon rectory and publicly christened on 5 April 1776. Though she and her sister were sent for education, both were called back as they had no money to teach them. Jane acquired the remainder of her education through reading books,guided by her father and brothers. She had six brothers. Her family was quite big.

Austen started writing small poems and stories by 1787. She had collected them and had bound into a notebook which is now known as Juvenilia, containing pieces originally written between 1787 and 1793. Its believed that she had written her full length novel by 1790.

Its for damn sure that Jane's works had clearly helped English language in its journey to become what it is now. School curriculum include Jane's novels to make students understand the then prevailing trend, style of writing and language.

Her famous works include..

Novels
Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Mansfield Park (1814)
Emma (1815)
Northanger Abbey (1818, posthumous)
Persuasion (1818, posthumous)

Short fiction
Lady Susan (1794, 1805)

    She has also got some unfinished works. Works she did during her childhood and teenage were published under two volumes of Juvenilia.

On her birthday.. We wish to pay tribute to this great writer..

HBD Jane...


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