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Introduction to Jane Austen's Novels

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Why are Jane Austen's novels so popular after 200 years?

The Pump Room, Now and Then

Possible Answers

1. They describe Georgean Britain in a very vivid way.

2. They allow us to understand what it must have been like to live in that particular time.

3. They provide opportunities to understand the language in a context different of our own.

4. Because they are simply delightful.

Main Characters

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1. Elizabeth Bennet ( ) Mr. Ferrars

2. Elinor Dashwood ( ) Mr. Knightley

3. Emma ( ) Mr. Darcy

( )Sense and Sensibility

( )Pride and Prejudice

( )Emma

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Some of her novels reveal her own life

1. Sense and Sensibility - having to move out after her father's death, and having her heart broken by the man who chose money instead of love, like Willoughby.

2. Pride and Prejudice - She didn't have a good beginning with the man who later won her heart, like Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.

3. Mansfield Park - She accepted a proposal, and the next day she broke up the engagement.

You can check all that watching these films:

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"There is no friend

as loyal as a book."

- Ernest Hemingway

"So many books,

so little time."

- Frank Zappa

Jane Austen's Quotes

"The person, be it a gentleman or a lady, who has not the pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." Northanger Abby

"My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation." Persuasion

Are you a Janeite?

The term Janeite has been embraced by devotees of the works of Jane Austen. According to Austen scholar Claudia Johnson Janeitism is "the self-consciously idolatrous enthusiasm for 'Jane' and every detail relative to her".

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If you are, learn more about her watching this BBC series.

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