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2 days ago · From jilted engagements to vampire aristocrats, the Pride and Prejudice author led a fascinating life. Below, we look at 18 things you might not know about Jane Austen. 1. We know relatively little about Jane's life. Little is known about Jane’s private life compared to many beloved authors from history.
5 days ago · Jane Austen in Context is a generously illustrated collection of short, lively contributions arranged alphabetically, and covering topics from biography to portraits and agriculture to transport. An essay on the reception of Austen's work is also included, showing how criticism of Austen has responded to literary movements and fashions.
5 days ago · Sketch of Jane Austen courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Austen is said to have looked like her brother Henry, with bright hazel eyes and curly hair, over which she always wore a cap. She won the attention of a young Irish gentleman named Tom Lefroy.
3 days ago · Villains in Austen’s novels invariably share the lifestyle of the Prince Regent’s inner circle — fashionable, prodigal and loose in their sexual morals. Marriage might appeal to them, but romantic relationships are largely a flirtatious game that may well end in sin, with family life, as a whole, of little interest.
5 days ago · Published posthumously in 1817 but written in 1803, Austen’s stab at Gothic fiction is both a send-up of Gothic conventions and a societal critique of the conventions of marriage and gender roles within contemporary British society.
5 days ago · On 12th November, 1679, Massie sold the capital messuage and a field answering the description of Brick Close (and perhaps some other portions of the property ) to Katherine Austen, from whom the premises passed successively to her son Thomas and grandson John. It will be convenient to deal with the Austen portion of the property first.
4 days ago · It seems likely that the same oatmeal mill is referred to in the sale by John and Thomas Austen, on 1st April, 1608, to Cuthbert and Richard Burbage of a house and garden, abutting on the tenement of William King, oatmeal maker, south, the street from London to Ware west, and that from Hackney to London east.
