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Austen

American

[aw-stuhn] / ˈɔ stən /

noun

Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.

Austen British

/ ˈɔː-, ˈɒstɪn /

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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Jane Austen meets Agatha Christie with a cast either writer would kill for.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She added her love for Austen first began when travelling home to South Africa, where she grew up with her family when she was about 11.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

This year brings us at least three significant Austen adaptations.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Given that the driving motivation of all things Austen is marriage, often to prevent inheritance laws from leaving women out in the literal cold, Mrs. Bennet is particularly harsh toward Mary.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

She read the novels of Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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