Jane Austen

(1775–1817) · English Novelist

Jane Austen was an English novelist known for her six novels that critique and comment on the English gentry in the late 18th century. Her works, including Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Sense and Sensibility (1811), are known for their realism, social commentary, and use of irony and burlesque. Austen's novels explore themes of love, morality, and social class, and often highlight how women of the gentry relied on marriage for economic security and social standing.