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Category:	Classical Literature
Name:	Jane Austen
Birth Year:	1775
Death Year:	1817
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography Blog Jane Austen! SEARCH NOW: by title by author Jane Austen was a prominent English novelist. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her fiction. Her first novel (pub. posth.), Northanger Abbey, pokes fun at the Gothic novels of Ann Radcliffe. Austen is most famous, however, for her later works, which took the form of socially conscious comedies of errors. These, especially Emma, are often cited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to unearth new perspectives on Austen's keen commentary on the predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English women in the early 1800s. The order in which she began and completed her novels is different from that of publication. Her novels were fairly well received when they were published, with Sir Walter Scott, in particular, praising her work. Her reputation has only increased since, and she is now considered one of the greatest English novelists. [This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and uses material adapted in whole or in part from the Wikipedia article on Jane Austen.] The Great Books: Jane Austen Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Jane Austen. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Jane Austen. Offer Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books.
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This web page is part of a biographical database on Great Ideas. These are living ideas that have shaped, defined and directed world culture for over 2,500 years. By definition the Great Ideas are radical. As such they are sometimes misread, or distorted by popular simplifications. Understanding a Great Idea demands personal engagement. Our selection of Great Ideas is drawn from literature and philosophy, science, art, music, theatre, and cinema. We also include biographies of pivotal historical and religious figures, as well as contributions from women and other historically under-represented minorities. The result is an integrated multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary database built upon the framework of the always controversial Great Books Core List published in 1940 by the late Great Books Pioneer Mortimer Adler (1902-2001). Most of the works on that list are available in the 60 volume Great Books of the Western World.