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Austen

American

[aw-stuhn] / ˈɔ stən /

noun

Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.

Austen British

/ ˈɒstɪn, ˈɔː- /

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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The philosophy professor posed big questions to the 90 students gathered in Boylston Hall: “Why did Austen create such an unlikable heroine?” she asked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

However, this latest weather system is unlikely to be as widely disruptive as Storm Boelo - or Storm Austen which came before it - and has not, so far, been named.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Maryport Coastguard Rescue Team said it was called to Flimby beach where a juvenile northern bottlenose whale was found on Saturday, after Storm Austen and Storm Boelo battered the UK.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

In Germany, Austen cut power to 10,000 homes in and around the southwestern town of Friburg-Brisgau on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Several centuries of great writers—Milton, Shakespeare, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Austen, Thurber, Faulkner, Baldwin—have voted with their pens, and the answer is yes.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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