Jane Austen
Author · 1775–1817

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an author, novelist, writer (1775–1817). Born in Steventon.

Our catalogue lists 11 books by Jane Austen, mostly classic romance, historical romance and Regency romance. They span 1789 to 2009. The most-read is Pride and Prejudice (1813). 8 titles are free to read on Project Gutenberg, and 8 have free LibriVox audiobooks.

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Biography

Jane Austen was an English writer. Although Austen was widely read in her lifetime, she published her works anonymously. The most urgent preoccupations of her bright, young heroines are courtship and marriage. Austen herself never married. Her best-known books include *Pride and Prejudice* (1813) and *Emma* (1816). Virginia Woolf called Austen "the most perfect artist among women.

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