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Jane Austen

출생: December 16, 1775 – Steventon, Hampshire, England

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose six major novels, including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma, explore themes of social class, marriage, and the British landed gentry in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Her works are celebrated for their wit, realism, and enduring cultural influence worldwide.

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Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in the rural parish of Steventon, Hampshire, the seventh of eight children in a family known for its intellectual engagement and lively domestic life. Her father, Reverend George Austen, was a learned clergyman who fostered an environment filled with books and stimulating conversation. Jane’s closest companion and confidante was her elder sister, Cassandra. Together the sisters attended school until a bout of illness led to their return home, where Jane’s education continued with the benefit of her father’s library and the company of her family, whose amateur theatrics and social gatherings became formative influences on her observation of character and class.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
-Pride and Prejudice
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid
-Northanger Abbey
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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature
-Northanger Abbey
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more
-Emma
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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library
-Pride and Prejudice
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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment
-Pride and Prejudice
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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you
-Pride and Prejudice
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It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do
-Sense and Sensibility
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance
-Pride and Prejudice
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort
-Emma

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"Jane Austen is one of the most famous writers in English literature, her books read worldwide and adapted into countless TV, film and stage productions"

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"Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security"

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"Jane Austen’s six completed novels have become timeless treasures, with her writing cherished by many readers around the world"

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