jane austen’s biography
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Jane Austen's biography (Created by Sheila Morato)TRANSCRIPT
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Jane Austen’s biography
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She is one of the most widely read
and best-loved writer
in British literature.
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Jane Austen was born on December
16, 1775, in the small village of
Steventon in Hampshire, England.
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Her childhood was happy:
her home was full of books,
and many friends and relatives.
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Her parents encouraged both their
children’s intellectual interests...
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... and passion
for producing and performing
in amateur theatricals.
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Austen’s closest relationship was
with her only sister,
Cassandra.
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Jane Austen – watercolour produced by her sister, Cassandra
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From about twelve years old, Jane
began writing spirited parodies of the
popular Gothic...
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... and sentimental fiction
for the amusement of her family.
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These early works reveal in nascent
form many of her literary gifts:
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... particularly her ironic sensibility,
wit, and gift for comedy.
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Serious works began around 1794:
Lady Susan,
Elinor and Marianne
and First Impressions.
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In 1797, First Impressions (Pride and
Prejudice) was offered to a publisher
by Jane Austen’s father...
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... but the publisher
declined to even
look at the manuscript.
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After her father’s death, Jane,
Cassandra and her mother became
dependent on support from the
Austen brothers.
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In 1808, they moved to a cottage in Chawton, which is today a museum.
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Jane Austen revised her earlier works
which were entitled:
Sense and Sensibility (1811) and
Pride and Prejudice (1813).
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She also wrote
Mansfield Park (1814)
and Emma (1815).
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In 1816, Jane Austen’s health
began to fail.
She died at the age of 41
on July 18, 1817.
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She loved balls, music, country walks,
conversation, children, novels.
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Her works were concerned with
courtship, love and marriage
but she never married.
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All Jane Austen’s work lifetime
appeared in print anonymously.
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Just few months following her death a
biographical notice appeared in the
books revealing her name.
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She lived in privacy and, after her
death, her family censored and
destroyed many of her letters.
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On her grave
there was no mention of
her writings...
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... just an allusion to
“the extraordinary endowments
of her mind.”
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She represented
the ordinary world
of men and women
as it was...
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... a place where love
and romance were constrained
by economics and human
imperfection...
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... a place where characters were
never simply good or evil but more
complicated amalgams, reflecting both
their own moral nature...
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... and the virtues
and failings of the families and society
that shaped them.
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Because Jane Austen is still in tune
with today’s sensibilities,
her novels have been adapted to
many movies...
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The more recent are...
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(1995)
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(1996)
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(1999)
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(2005)
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(2007) (tv)
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(2007) (tv)
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(2007)
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And others had
Jane Austen’s novel
like background...
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(1998)
Paraphrasing Pride and Prejudice...
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(2006)
Paraphrasing Persuasion...
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(2007)
... paraphrasing five of her novels.
... And...
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Jane Austen’s works are full of
intelligence and precisely crafted to
convey its often subtle meaning.
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. . .
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Sources
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janelife.html
http://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/
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19th Century English Literature