Portrait of Jane Austen

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Jane Austen

An English novelist whose tightly controlled social worlds reveal the pressures behind courtship, money and judgment.

Life and context

A short timeline

  1. 1775

    Born in England.

  2. 1813

    Pride and Prejudice published.

  3. 1815

    Emma published.

  4. 1817

    Northanger Abbey published.

  5. 1817

    End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

  • judgment
  • money
  • marriage
  • self-knowledge

Free indirect narration, comic precision and carefully staged conversation.

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Works by Jane Austen

8 works in the Linden collection.

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