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1、Jane Austen,One of the most widely read writers in English literature,A Novelist for Everyone,When Shakespeare and Dickens have sunk into venerability, Austen, on the other hand, has become our contemporary.,Jane Austens Life,Jane Austen(1775-1817) was born at the rectory in the village of Steventon
2、, in Hampshire.She never attended to a formal school.She was educated mainly at home by her father and brothers.,Austens Hometown,Due to the poor health, she died at the age of 42 in Winchester and buried in Winchester Cathedral.,Last Days,At the age of 21,Jane met Tom Lefroy,an Irish man,and fell i
3、n love with him at the first glance.However,Tom was poor .Janes family didnt accept him.Finally,he married a wealthy woman.Jane was never married all her life.,Life experience,This house in Chawton is where Jane Austen lived during the last eight years of her life with her sister. In 1949 the house
4、was opened as the Jane Austens house museum.,Austens House Museum,Austens House Museum,Jane Austens Works,Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger Abbey (1818) Persuasion (1819),Master Works,Sense and Senibility(1811),Pride and Prejudice(1813),Mansfield Park(1814),Emma(1815),Northanger Abbey(1818),Persuasion(1819),Theme :Mostly about love and marriage of middle-class people.Language :Simple, humorous, witty and with quiet irony. One of the realistic novelists.,Writing Style,