JANE AUSTEN 
LIFE
Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire,a small village in England. She spent life whitin the circle of her very close, affectionate family. She was inseparable from her sister Cassandra, who like Jane, never married,
She went to a boarding school with her sister and she showed an interest in literature and writing very early.
She travelled very occasionally.
SHE WAS THE FISRT ENGLISH WOMAN TO TRANSFORM WRITING INTO A PROFESSION
She wrote her first work when she was just 13 years old
1811 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
1795-1797 ELIONOR AND MARIANNE
1813 FIRST IMPRESSION which later revised became PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
1798 NORTHANGER ABBEY
1814 MANSFIELD PARK
1816 EMMA
1818 PERSUASION
All her novels were published anonimously; her identity was later revealed by her brother who adding a "biographical notice of the author"
Jane's fame was already well-estabilished among her contemporaries, Sir Walter Scott was one of the first to realise her greatness in his review of EMMA
Jane Austen is regarded as the MASTER OF THE NOVEL OF MANNERS
She learned the insight into the PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHARACTERS and the subtletlies of the ORDINARY EVENTS OF LIFE (balls, walk and tea parties)
From the 18th century novelist
She derived the omniscient narrator, the tecnique of bringing the character into existence through dialogue and the use of verbal and situational irony
From Henry Fielding
She restricted HER VIEW TO THE WORLD OF THE COUNTRY GENRTY which she knew best
Unlike the Augustan writers
Analysis of character and conduct
She remained fully committed to the common sense and moral principles of the previous generation but checked them through her own direct observation
Her work is amusing and, at the same time, deals with the serious matters of LOVE, MARRIAGE and PARENTHOOD
They all end in the marriage of the hero and heroine.
Her treatment of love and sexual attraction is in line with her general view that strong impulses and intensely emotional states should be regulated, controlled and brought to order by private reflection.
The heroine's reflection after a crisi or climax is a usual feature of the novels beacuse understanding and coming to terms with her private feelings allows her personal judgement to ESTABILISH ITSELF AND SECURES HER OWN MORAL AUTONOMY
THE THEME OF MARRIAGE
The traditional values of country families provided the basis of the plots and setting of Jane Austen's novels
They take placed in England. Jane Austen writes about the oldest English, based on the possession of land, parks and country houses.
The marriage markets take place in London, where people used to carry out their business. and it's in these places that all the troubles of Austen's world occur: GOSSIP, FILTRATIONS, SEDUCTIONS, ADULTERIES.
The marriage market has also produced a range of villains: unscrupulous relatives, seducers, gamblers and social climbers
A classic of English literature, written with incisive wit and superb character delineation, it centres on the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner.dice against Darcy’s snobbery.