Jane Austen, who
passed away on 18 July 1817, in Winchester, Hampshire, aged 41, was an English
writer who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character
through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life. She published
four novels during her lifetime: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride
and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815). In these and
in Persuasion and Northanger Abbey (published together posthumously,
1817), she vividly depicted English middle-class life during the early 19th
century. Her novels defined the era’s novel of manners, but they also
became timeless classics that remained critical and popular successes for over
two centuries after her death. These works reflect her enduring legacy.
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