Austen
[ aw-stuhn ]
/ ˈɔ stən /
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noun
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
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Austen
/ (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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