Jane Austen: Background Of Her Novels
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First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has consistently been Jane
Austen's most popular novel. It portrays life in the genteel rural society
of the day, and tells of the initial misunderstandings and later mutual
enlightenment between Elizabeth Bennet (whose liveliness and quick wit have
oft ....
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.... specious nonsense, about something unconnected with the story: an
essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonapart‚,
or anything that would form a contrast and bring the reader with increased
delight to the playfulness and general epigrammatism of the general style".
In 1809 Jane Austen, her mother, sister Cassandra, and Martha Lloyd moved
to Chawton, near Alton and Winchester, where her brother Edward provided a
small house on one of his estates. This was in ....
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