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Jane Austen - Why The Fuss? 

Early 19th Century Novel

Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)

• Most important novelist of early 19th century
• Elegant + witty studies of young women
  
• Focusing on love and common sense

Most important novels:

• Sense and Sensibilty / Emma /  Persuasion 
  
• Pride and Prejudice
  

• Born in Steventon, daughter of an Anglican priest
• Good education (not customary for girls)
• Happy childhood, reading was encouraged (Fielding and Richardson)
• Started writing when she was 15
• Never married, isolated from other authors

Three love affairs are played out simultaneously in this novel: Who are the loving couples?

Darcy

Bingley

Wickham

Elizabeth

Jane

Lydia

7. Which few traits do you think best describe the following characters?

Mr Collins

Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Lydia

 Mrs Bennet

vain, hypocrite, snob

meddlesome, arrogant, a schemer 

 flirt, man-chaser 

foolish, fickle, ill-informed