"Emma" is a timeless novel of the English writer Jane Austen which was published in 1815. Similarly to other works of hers, Austen describes the quandaries of an English genteel woman living in the Regency period. This novel is deemed to be a comedy of manners. The titular character is Emma Woodhouse, a young spoiled woman who overestimates her matchmaker skills and overlooks the dangers which may...
Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death.
The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt. They rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife’s brother, Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne in 1806,...
A Memoir of Jane Austen is a biography of the novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817) published in 1869 by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh. A second edition was published in 1871 which included previously unpublished Jane Austen writings. A family project, the biography was written by James Edward Austen-Leigh but owed much to the recollections of Jane Austen's many relatives. However, it was the decisions...
