Jane Austen left classic works such as "Reason and Sensitivity", "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma" and "Persuasion". Learn more details about her life:
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"It is a universally known truth that a single man, possessing a good fortune, must be in need of a wife." The first phrase of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813 and became one of the most famous phrases in literature, but it took a long time for this to happen.
The Life of Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon, England. Her father, Reverend George Austin (1731-1805) encouraged his eight children, including his two daughters, to study. Jane's mother, Cassandra Austen (1739-1827), wrote satires. In this way, Jane enters a rural and clerical world, but is also surrounded by art and knowledge.
In 1787, Jane Austen began to write, as evidenced by some of her manuscripts. But it was only in 1795 that she began to write her first great novel, Reason and Sensitivity. Between 1796 and 1797, he wrote Pride and Prejudice. Her father sent the work to the publishers, but it was rejected.
The writer never got married, but in 1802 she accepted the proposal of the young Harris Bigg-Wither (1781-1833). The next day, however, he changed his mind. In addition, little is known about the writer's personal life. Apparently, after Jane's death, her sister Cassandra (1773-1845) destroyed some of her letters and deleted excerpts from others, apparently to protect her sister's privacy.
Reason and Sensitivity was first published in 1811, but anonymously, that is, without the author's name. In 1813 the book Pride and Prejudice was published, which became very popular. In 1814, when Mansfield Park was published, the author's works got successful and well received by critics and even received praise from George IV (1762-1830), the Prince Regent.
However, they continued to be published anonymously because at that time women were not respected in society for their intellectual capacities. Thus, Jane Austen's name was unknown when, in 1816, the writer felt the first symptoms of Addison's disease, which caused her death on July 18, 1817, in Winchester. Only then was the authorship of her novels published and Henry took responsibility.
Works by Jane Austen
• Love and Friendship (1790)
• Lady Susan (1794)
• Reason and Sensitivity (1811)
• Pride and Prejudice (1813)
• Mansfield Park (1814)
• Emma (1815)
• Northanger Abbey (1818)
• Persuasion (1818)
Pride and Prejudice 📚
“Pride and Prejudice is one of the most acclaimed novels by English Writer Jane Austen. Published in 1813, it reveals what society was like at the time, when relationships unfolded in a slower and more romantic way, in the rhythm of the letters taken by messengers on horseback. In this world, the dream of Mrs. Bennet was to marry his five daughters well: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. Among the sisters, Elizabeth stands out, Lizzy, who is faced with a whirlwind of feelings in the face of the pride and prejudice that mask reality. It is a classic that, even after two hundred years since its first publication, continues to delight millions of readers around the world.”
In this book, Jane Austen also criticizes the futility of women in the voice of this admirable heroine - rewarded, in the end, with a happiness that did not seem possible to her in the class in which she was born.
Capa do livro Orgulho e preconceito, de Jane Austen, publicado pela editora Companhia das Letras.
Jane Austen's Quotes
“I declare that there is no better fun than reading. We get less easily tired of a book than anything else.”
“Angry people are not always wise.”
“It is not what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”
“True friendship is so rare in the world”
“It is not time or opportunity that determines trust; only the nature does it.”
“When I fall in love, it will be forever”
“Friendship is really the best balm for the pains of disappointed love.”
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jane-Austen
https://revistagalileu.globo.com/amp/Cultura/noticia/2017/07/jane-austen-11-fatos-que-voce-precisa-saber-sobre-escritora.html
REPÓRTER: Sarah Sena
REDATORA: Nathália Messias
https://mundoeducacao.uol.com.br/amp/literatura/jane-austen.htm
https://www.42frases.com.br/frases-jane-austen/
REPÓRTER: Sarah Sena
REDATORA: Nathália Messias
