Austen, Jane

Austen, Jane
(16 dic. 1775, Steventon, Hampshire, Inglaterra–18 jul. 1817, Winchester, Hampshire).

Novelista inglesa. Hija de un párroco de la Iglesia anglicana, vivió en el limitado mundo de los clérigos rurales y la pequeña burguesía terrateniente que retrata en su literatura; su compañía más cercana fue su hermana Cassandra. La mayor parte de sus primeras obras son parodias, del género sentimental las más notables. En sus seis largas novelas –Criterio y sensibilidad (1811), Orgullo y prejuicio (1813), El parque de Mansfield (1814), Emma (1815), Persuasión (1817) y La abadía de Northanger (publicada en 1817, pero escrita antes que las demás)– forjó la comedia de costumbres que da cuenta de la vida de la clase media inglesa de la época. Su estilo se caracteriza por el ingenio, el realismo, la perspicaz simpatía y la prosa brillante. Por su tratamiento de la vida cotidiana y la gente común, fue la primera en dotar a la novela de su carácter netamente moderno. Publicó sus libros en forma anónima, y dos de ellos aparecieron después de su muerte. Falleció probablemente a causa de la enfermedad de Addison.

Jane Austen, retrato en lápiz y acuarela de C. Austen, 1810; National Portrait ...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London

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  • Austen, Jane — born Dec. 16, 1775, Steventon, Hampshire, Eng. died July 18, 1817, Winchester, Hampshire English novelist. The daughter of a rector, she lived in the circumscribed world of minor landed gentry and country clergy that she was to use in her… …   Universalium

  • Austen, Jane — (1775 1817)    The daughter of a clergyman and the youngest of seven children, Austen lived most of her life at Steventon near Basingstoke. She eventually settled in to a cottage at Chawton (now a museum) about a mile from Alton, Hampshire, until …   British and Irish poets

  • Austen,Jane — Aus·ten (ôʹstən), Jane. 1775 1817. British writer who is noted for her penetrating observation of middle class manners and morality and her irony, wit, and meticulous style. Her novels include Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816). * * * …   Universalium

  • AUSTEN, JANE —    a gifted English novelist, daughter of a clergyman in N. Hampshire; member of a quiet family circle, occupied herself in writing without eye to publication, and only in mature womanhood thought of writing for the press. Her first novel, Sense… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Austen, Jane —  (1775–1817) English novelist …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Austen, Jane — (1775 1817)    Novelist, dau. of a clergyman, was b. at the rectory of Steventon near Basingstoke. She received an education superior to that generally given to girls of her time, and took early to writing, her first tale being begun in 1798. Her …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Jane Austen's House Museum — in Chawton Jane Austen s House Museum is a small private museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It occupies the 17th century house (informally known as Chawton Cottage) in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight years… …   Wikipedia

  • Jane — jane. □ V. agua jane. * * * (as used in expressions) Addams, Jane Austen, Jane Bethune, Mary (Jane) McLeod Mary Jane McLeod Calamity Jane Martha Jane Cannary Campion, Jane Delano, Jane A(rminda) Fonda, Jane (Seymour) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Austen — (Jane) (1775 1817) écrivain anglais; auteur de romans de moeurs: Orgueil et Préjugé (1813), Emma (1815) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Jane Austen — A watercolour and pencil sketch of Jane, believed to have been drawn from life by her sister …   Wikipedia

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