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1、JaneAusten(1775-1817)Listofworks Novels SenseandSensibility1797(1811)PrideandPrejudice1796(1813)MansfieldPark(1814)Emma(1815)NorthangerAbbey1798(1818,posthumous)Persuasion(1818,posthumous)ShortfictionEnglishwriter,whofirstgavethenovelitsmoderncharacterthroughthetreatmentofdailylife.AlthoughAustenw
2、aswidelyreadinherlifetime,shepublishedherworksanonymously.Themosturgentpreoccupationofherbright,youngheroinesiscourtshipandfinallymarriage.Austenherselfnevermarried.Herbest-knownbooksincludePRIDEANDPREJUDICE(1813)andEMMA(1816).VirginiaWoolfcalledAusten"themostperfectartistamongwomen.""Itisatruthuniv
3、ersallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife."(fromPrideandPrejudice,1813)JaneAustenwasborninSteventon,Hampshire,whereherfather,Rev.GeorgeAusten,wasarector.Shewastheseconddaughterandseventhchildinafamilyofeight.TheAustensdidnotloseasingleoneoftheirchildren.Cassand
4、raLeigh,Jane'smother,fedherinfantsatthebreastafewmonths,andthensentthemtoawetnurseinanearbyvillagetobelookedafterforanotheryearorlonger.Thefirst25yearsofherlifeJanespentinHampshire.Onherfather'sunexpectedretirement,thefamilysoldoffeverything,includingJane'spiano,andmovedtoBath.Jane,agedtwenty-five,a
5、ndCassandra,hereldersister,agedtwenty-eight,wereconsideredbycontemporarystandardsconfirmedoldmaid,andfollowedtheirparents.JaneAustenwasmostlytutoredathome,andirregularlyatschool,butshereceivedabroadereducationthanmanywomenofhertime.Shestartedtowriteforfamilyamusementasachild.Herparentswereavidreader
6、s;Austen'sownfavoritepoetwasCowper.Herearliest-knownwritingsdatefromabout1787.Veryshyaboutherwriting,shewroteonsmallpiecesofpaperthatsheslippedunderthedeskplotterifanyonecameintotheroom.Inherletterssheobservedthedailylifeofherfamilyandfriendsinanintimateandgossipymanner:"JamesdancedwithAlethea,andcu
7、tuptheturkeylastnightwithgreatperseverance.Yousaynothingofthesilkstockings;Iflattermyself,therefore,thatCharleshasnotpurchasedany,asIcannotverywellaffordtopayforthem;allmymoneyisspentinbuyingwhiteglov
