Jane Austen is one of the most famous English writers, the author of numerous novels in which women around the world have read for centuries. Learn about the works of this famous author that are worth having on your bookshelf.
Living at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, Jane Austen created unforgettable creations of literary heroines such as Elizabeth Bennet, Emma and Fanny Price. The art of writing novels – considered a typically feminine genre in her time – she undoubtedly mastered to perfection. The stories she describes are able to occupy the reader for entire evenings and introduce the world of 19th-century England, detailing the lives of the upper classes of the time. From among her numerous works, we have selected for you the ones most beloved by readers.
This is definitely number one among Jane Austen’s novels. Pride and Prejudice is a book you can return to over and over again. As well as to the numerous film adaptations of Lizzy and Mr. Darcy’s story. In addition to the main love plot, the novel shows us a picture of Victorian England and life in the provinces. Colorful characters, fast-paced action and subtle language are important assets of this reading.
This is the first book published by Jane Austen, which was published under the simple pseudonym A Lady. This comedy of manners portrays the lives of two sisters, one of whom is a romantic type who embodies spontaneity and openness in showing affection, while the other is a prudent, convention-conscious reserved girl. Which approach to life and people is more likely to be happy? The plot of the reading may surprise you.
Although the manuscript of this book was written early, when Jane was very young, it was not published until after her death. Northanger Abbey is a parody of Gothic fiction, in which the author addresses the reader directly, sharing satirical musings on the value of the novel as a medium. This time Austen breaks the plot conventions of the time, creating the main character as a simple, undistinguished girl who falls in love with one of the heroes.
In this novel, Austen created a heroine who deviates from the typical pursuit of financial security and a comfortable life of the time. Austen thought she was creating a character that no one but herself would like, and yet numerous readers endowed Emma, as well as the novel as a whole, with affection and appreciation.
Wealthy and financially independent, Emma decides never to marry and sees this opportunity as her great privilege. Resistant to male advances and interest shown to her, she takes up matchmaking with her female friends.
This novel tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, having rejected Frederick Wentworth’s proposal in her youth, remains an old maid and regrets her decision throughout her life. Jane Austen’s goal was to draw attention to the pressures and pressures applied to young women who were expected to marry as soon as possible.
In Mansfield Park, Jane Austen portrays the fate of the modest and sensible Fanny Price, who, uprooted from a poor home, begins to grow up around a wealthy family in Mansfield Park. In the absence of the family’s father, Fanny and her cousins become friends with their new neighbors, who are characterized by a penchant for flirtation and the glitz of city life. Will Fanny break her rules and abandon her virtuous attitude by following her cousins?
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