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1、Shehastheexquisitetouchwhichrendersordinarycommonplacethingsandcharactersinteresting,fromthetruthofthedescriptionandthesentiments.——SirWalterScottSenseandSensibilityPrideandPrejudiceMansfieldParkEmmaNorthangerAbbeyPersuasionJaneAustenwasbornon16December,1775,attherectoryinthevill
2、ageofSteventon,nearBasingstoke,inHampshire.TheseventhofeightchildrenoftheReverendGeorgeAustenandhiswife,Cassandra.Janewaseducatedmainlyathomeandneverlivedapartfromherfamily.ShehadahappychildhoodamongstallherbrothersandtheotherboyswholodgedwiththefamilyandwhomMrAustentutored.Fromh
3、eroldersister,Cassandra,shewasinseparable.Toamusethemselves,thechildrenwroteandperformedplaysandcharades,andevenasalittlegirlJanewasencouragedtowrite.Thereadingthatshedidofthebooksinherfather'sextensivelibraryprovidedmaterialfortheshortsatiricalsketchesshewroteasagirl.Attheageof1
4、4,Janewroteherfirstnovel,LoveandFriendshipandthenAHistoryofEnglandbyapartial,prejudicedandignorantHistorian,togetherwithotherveryamusingjuvenilia.InherearlytwentiesJaneAustenwrotethenovelsthatwerelatertobere-workedandpublishedasSenseandSensibility,PrideandPrejudiceandNorthangerAb
5、bey.ShealsobegananovelcalledTheWatsonswhichwasnevercompleted.SenseandSensibilityisanovelwhichwaspublishedin1811.ItwasthefirstofAusten'snovelstobepublished,underthepseudonym“ALady”.Thestoryconcernstwosisters,ElinorandMarianneDashwood(Elinorrepresenting"sense"andMarianne"sensibilit
6、y").AlongwiththeirmotherandyoungersisterMargaret,theyareleftimpoverishedafterthedeathoftheirfather,andthefamilyisforcedtomovetoacountrycottage,offeredtothembyagenerousrelative.ElinorformsanattachmenttothegentleandcourteousEdwardFerrars,unawarethatheisalreadysecretlyengaged.Aftert
7、heirmove,MariannemeetsWilloughby,adashingyoungmanwholeadsherintoundisciplinedbehaviour,sothatsheignorestheattentionsofthefaithful(butolder)ColonelBrandon.Thecontrastbetweenthesisters'charactersiseventuallyresolvedasbothfindloveandlastinghappiness.PrideandPrejudiceisthemostfamouso
8、fJaneAusten'snovelsandoneofthefirst"roma
