Austen

[ aw-stuhn ]

/ ˈɔ stən /

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noun

Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.

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Austen is perfectly aware that many books called novels do not display “the greatest powers of the mind.”
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Austen does no better than the lexicographers at delineating a set that comprises all but only novels.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen defends the novel against critics who dismiss it as frivolous and feminine.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Austen, Eliot, and James sometimes complemented their essential seriousness with humorous minor characters and subplots.
How to Get Laid in Brooklyn a la Adelle Waldman’s Nifty Novel of Manners|Tom LeClair|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He will likely not have a job, or marry, or get to read Jane Austen.
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In accordance with patriotic spirit obliterating party animosity, Son Austen promptly accepted invitation.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914|Various
Found, among other things, that he had lived two years in Italy when he was a youth, and that he admires Miss Austen.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)|George Eliot
They heard the demand for all sorts of reforms, but they felt that Mr. Austen Chamberlain was equal to the occasion.
The King's Post|R. C. Tombs
The charm of Miss Austen's novels is their acknowledged fidelity of portraiture of the society with which they deal.
From the Easy Chair, series 2|George William Curtis
Mr. Austen Chamberlain demanded a judicial inquiry into the "Plot," but was beaten by eighty votes in a House of 608 members.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves

British Dictionary definitions for Austen

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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