"FIRST LADY" OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Aselderova Dina 2 marketing 2012

JANE AUSTEN (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817)  English writer  Herald of realism in Britishliterature  Satirist  Wrote the so-called novels of manners

JANE AUSTEN WAS BORN DECEMBER 16TH, 1775 AT STEVENTON, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND TO REV. GEORGE AUSTEN, (THE LOCAL RECTOR, OR CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGYMAN), AND HIS WIFE CASSANDRA

SILHOUETTE AND PORTRAIT OF CASSANDRA AUSTEN, JANE'S SISTER AND CLOSEST FRIENDCASSANDRA AUSTEN

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION SteventonSteventon rectory, as depicted in A Memoir of Jane Austen, was in a valley and surrounded by meadows.A Memoir of Jane Austen  1783: Jane and her older sister were taught by Mrs. Crawley, who was a sister of one of their uncles.  : Jane and Cassandra attended Abbey Boarding School Jane was almost too young to benefit from this.  Learned piano, how to draw, etc. from family  Read novels all the time Her father had over 500 in 1801.

ADULTHOOD  Austen enjoyed attending social events (dances and parties) and visiting London, Bath, Southampton, etc. where she attended plays.  1801: family moves to Bath  1805: her father died and income was reduced  Moved around to many cities including, Winchester, Southampton, etc. for a few years.  1810 (Hampshire)- began writing again  became ill  July 18th 1817: death at age 41 Buried at Winchester Cathedral Women not allowed to attend funerals at this time

Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral Jane Austen's memorial gravestone in the nave of Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral

AUSTEN’S LITERARY WORKS  : Juvenilla  : began Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Northanger Abbey Working titles: Elinor and Marianne, First Impressions, and Susan.  1803: began The Watsons (never finished)  1812: began Mansfield Park  1814 began Emma  began Persuasion  began Sanditon (never finished)

First edition title page fromSense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel (1811)Sense and Sensibility In 1816, the editors of The New Monthly Magazine noted Emma's publication but chose not to review it.The New Monthly MagazineEmma's One of the first two published illustrations of Pride and Prejudice, from the Richard Bentley edition. Caption reads: "She then told him [Mr Bennett] what Mr Darcy had voluntarily done for Lydia. He heard her with astonishment."Richard Bentley

STATUS OF WOMEN In Jane Austen’s time, there was no real way for young women of the “genteel” classes to strike out on their own or be independent. Few occupations were open to them -- and those few (such as being a governess, i.e. a live-in teacher for the daughters or young children of a family) were not highly respected, and did not generally pay well or have very good working conditions. Therefore most "genteel" women could not get money except by marrying for it or inheriting it.