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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

Part of the pier at Brighton the southern England coast, unused since a fire in 2003, blew away in Storm Austen on Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

French energy company Enedis said that at the peak of storm Austen on Saturday, some 288,000 homes had no electricity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

More than 15,000 homes are without power as Storm Austen continues to batter southern England and Wales, with more bad weather expected this weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

She had lolled about for three years at Girton with the kind of books she could equally have read at home—Jane Austen, Dickens, Conrad, all in the library downstairs, in complete sets.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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