'She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.' A selection of Austen's dark and hilarious early writings - featuring murder, drunkenness, perjury, theft, poisoning, women breaking out of prison, men forging wills and babies biting off their mothers' fingers... Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Jane Austen (1775-1817). Austen's works available in Penguin Classics are Emma, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon, Love and Freindship and Other Youthful Writings, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

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Estimated Reading Time: 1 hrs. 49 min.Page Number: 64Publication Date: 26 February 2015Publisher: Penguin Classics

ISBN: 9780141397078Language: English

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Jane AustenYazar · 31 books

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Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was a 19th-century English novelist. Jane Austen, born in Steventon, Hampshire, in 1775; He studied at Oxford in 1783, thanks to a relative; He continued his education in Southampton; She eventually studied at the Abbey School in Reading, Berkshire, a school for women. She starts writing novels in 1789. In 1802, she receives a marriage proposal from a "big and strange person" (Mr. Wisley), in her own words, but she does not accept it. The relationship between the two was depicted in the movie Becoming Jane. He moved to Southmpton after his father's death in 1805. In 1809 he moved in with his wealthy brother in Chawton, and today the house has become a museum and a popular destination for tourists. Jane Austen is one of the world's most famous writers. His descriptions of the period in which he lived and the characters of his heroes made his novels among the classics. Jane Austen was the seventh child of a village parson. He was trained by his father. She was lucky to receive a better education than women at that time. His parents encouraged the children's imaginative play. They turned the parsonage barn into a small theater where families could put on plays during the summer holidays. By the age of 12, Austen was writing her own stories; But it would take about 25 more years for his first novel to be published. Austen's novels are very popular today. He dealt with people's weaknesses in his works with a witty understanding and elegant humor. All of the protagonists of his novels are women, and all of his novels ended with a happy marriage. His first book, Love and Life (1811), was published. This was followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). The novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were both published in 1818, after Austen's death. All these novels were published anonymously. Austen never married, instead living with her family in several places, including Bath, where many of her novels are set. Austen began feeling unwell in early 1816, but ignored the warning signs. In May 1817, the family moved to Winchester to seek a cure for Austen's illness; However, he died on July 18, 1817, at a young age. His body was buried in Winchester Cathedral. All of Jane Austen's novels have been adapted for television or cinema, and her three most successful novels have been made into films. These are: Love and Life (1995), Emma and Persuasion (both released in 1996). Pride and Prejudice became a very successful television series in 1995. novels - Sense and Sensibility, 1811 - Pride and Prejudice, 1813 - Mansfield Park (Mansfield Park), 1814 -Emma (Emma), 1815 Published After His Death - Northanger Abbey, 1818 - Persuasion, 1818 - The Watsons, 1892