Austen

American  

[aw-stuhn] / ˈɔ stən /

noun

1. Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.

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Austen British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

I was deep in my Austen/Brontës phase and I couldn’t read enough.

From Los Angeles Times

Given how fast artificial intelligence is developing, it probably already can, with the right prompts, write a novel in the voice of Jane Austen, Henry James or Ernest Hemingway.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, my sister collected cookbooks and fantasy tomes as I finished the final chapters of yet another Jane Austen classic.

From Los Angeles Times

Introverted, romantic and intellectual, she read everything from Walter Scott and Jane Austen to abolitionist tracts and records of Senate debates.

From The Wall Street Journal

Surprisingly, none of the three claimed Austen’s best-known novel, “Pride and Prejudice,” while dark horse candidate “Mansfield Park” — Austen’s far less sparkly, even somber third novel — appeared to win the day.

From Los Angeles Times