Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born in Steven ton in Hampshire in England on 16th December 1775. Austen was an English romantic fiction novelist whose work landed gentry and eventually became among the most accepted work in English literature. The realism of her work cemented an historical signicance among critics and scholars. Although Austen was not famously during her time, in the twentieth century, her works skyrocketed and become among the most appreciated works in the English literature. Some of the novels published by Austen include sense and sensibility and pride and prejudice which bridged the gap between realism and romance.

Jane Austen Artistic Work

Most interesting, Austen began her works during her adolescences in seventeen nineties whereby she crafted first novel which involved parody of romantic fictions which were organized in form of series of love letters. Through her framework, Austen reveals her romantic hysteria on different perspective which eventually characterized her work.

Austen was primarily educated by her brothers, her father as well as through her private readings. Her father had a small library which provided Austen with variety of written materials. The steadfast support from her family played a significant role in developing Austen to a professional writer. Her apprenticeship in art lasted from her adolescence until when she was at age of thirty five years. Austen experimented different forms of literature during that span of time. Some of Austen work during that period include the epistolary novel which she did not complete. Nevertheless, between 1811 and 1816, Austen published a series of novels which include Sense and Sensibility in 1811, Pride and Prejudice in 1813, Mansfield Park in 1814 and Emma in 1815. Through publication of these novels, Austen acquired achievement as a published author. Austen as well wrote two more novels, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey which were subsequently in 1818. After that, Austen started to write another novel but unfortunately, she died before completing it. However, it was eventually published as Sanditon.

Death and Legacy

Just like any other artist, Austen died before she become famously known. In the year 1816, Austen suffered from a disease that was believed to Addison’s infections. However, Austen made impressive efforts to keep on working on her previous works as well as writing new novels. Nevertheless, as time went on, Austen’s condition worsened to a point that she could no longer continue writing. Eventually, she died on 18th July, 1817 in Winchester in Hampshire, England.

At the present, Austen’s work is considered among the greatest works in the English literature and was voted the seventieth in BBC poll for the top hundred most Britons artists of all time.