Jane Austen 1795 - 1817
Jane Austen was the major novelist of the early
nineteenth century. Her life was tranquil and uneventful. His father was the rector
of a village in English country: he was a learned man and this influenced Jane.
She started writing prose, verse and drama at an early age.
One of
her most famous works, Sense and
Sensibility, was written as an epistolary novel, Elinor and Marriane, and it's an example of Jane's ability to
describe real and lively characters. The novel's plot is simple; it's rather an
investigation of the different attitudes to life of two sisters: Elinor is calm
and full of common "sense", while Marriane is sentimental and has little
control over her emotions ("sensibility"). Jane Austen satirised the
exaggerated sentimentality of contemporary novels, and rejects a purely romantic
and sentimental view of love.
Pride and Prejudice is one
of the most best known and most admired of her novels:
is a vivid picture of provincial England.
