Austen

[aw-stuhn]

noun

1. Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.

Austen

/ ˈɔː-, ˈɒstɪn /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

I do know that I’ve long lived inside the books of Trollope, Dickens, Austen, Gaskell.

From Los Angeles Times

Written 30 years ago by Cardiff-born Andrew Davies, the TV adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel became a cultural phenomenon, attracting more than 11 million viewers in the UK and millions more in the US.

From BBC

The writer is hoping the universal appeal of Austen will translate to audiences more than 200 years after Emma was first published.

From BBC

The crop of historical characters on the current series of circulating notes, in ascending order of note value, are Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing.

From BBC

His dad revealed that he would have caddied for his son, had the youngster been successful in a sudden death play-off against American Austen Truslow at their US Open qualifier.

From BBC