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Austen

American

[aw-stuhn] / ˈɔ stən /

noun

Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.

Austen British

/ ˈɔː-, ˈɒstɪn /

noun

Jane. 1775–1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)

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At the start of the book, Alice is reading “Emma” by Jane Austen, but soon she will find herself absorbed in the work of Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

This is not the sort of thing you find in works by Austen or even George Eliot, who prided herself on writing the realities of rural life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Therefore, when she turned her hand to Austen, the world and the challenges she crafted for Mary felt authentic.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

Jane Austen meets Agatha Christie with a cast either writer would kill for.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She was given to theatrics—Kathy called her Dramarama—and all that Austen had made the tendency worse.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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