Jane Austen 1 C 20152016 Biography Born in

Jane Austen 1. C 2015/2016

Biography �Born in 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire �A great female novelist of the early 19 th century �Tall and slim � 7 th child and 2 nd daughter of Casandra and George Austen �Jane and her siblings used to play charades in her chilhood � 1802 – she was proposed by a man named Harris Bigg Wither – she rejected it �Had tuberculosis; died when she was 41 years old �Burried in Winchester Cathedral

Her novels �Sense and sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Sanditon �First novels: Love and Friendship, The History of England �Her pen name: A Lady �Before death she wrote The Brothers

Pride and Prejudice �A story of life and love of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy �The Bennets´ 5 daughters : Elizabeth, Jane, Kitty, Mary and Lydia are trying to find husbands �Story is full of wrong opinions about different characters in the story �Elizabeth represents prejudice and Mr Darcy represents pride in this story �At the end Elizabeth said: „We all were wrong. “

Similarities �Jane A. had an older sister Cassandra just like Lizzy �The sisters had a very good relationship �Jane came from a poor family just like the Bennets �Families had more members. Jane A. had 7 siblings �Jane A. and Lizzy were favourite daughters of their fathers �Jane A. had higher education and was intelligent like Lizzy and Jane �Jane´s love to long walks was the same like Lizzy´s �Jane A. loved going to balls- in story they were really realistic

�Jane Austen had refused a proposal like Lizzy rejected Mr Darcy and Mr Collins (neither Jane nor Lizzy didn´t love them) �Lizzy is 20 years old when she falls in love with Mr Darcy like Jane A. fell in love with Tom Lefroy �Harris Bigg Wither was a rich man like Mr Colins, both could help Bennets or Austens with careers and houses � She used similar places where she lived in the book

Differences �The story in the film goes faster than in the book �In the film there are less dialogues than in the book �In the film Mr Darcy and Elizabeth kiss, but in the book they do not �In the book the story was more developed than in the film �Symbols used in the film: � Window – symbol of prejudice � Darcy´s hand – symbol of his pride � Lizzy´s bright dress – a change of her feelings towards Mr Darcy

Interesting facts �Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra remained single �Jane Austen was 20 when she fell in love with Tom Lefroy �In her stories were mostly women dialogues, because Jane didn´t know how men used to talk when they were alone �Many of Jane Austen´s novels have been adapted into films � 1995 – BBC made a TV serie Pride and Prejudice and interest for traditional underwear was suddenly raised. A British company said that they had to employ more employees.

�The first edition of Pride and Prejudice is kept in a Scottish castle. In 2002 it was auctioned off for record sum: 62 500 $. � 2003 – 2 nd place as the most favourite British novel in research of BBC � 2004 – Pride and Prejudice was marked as the most favourite book of almost everyone in a research of the most passionate readers � 2011 - Unfinished handwriting „The Watsons“ was auctioned off in London for 993 250 £ (1. 1 million €). It is the oldest kept handwriting by Jane Austen. She did many corrections which gave us valuable view to process of her making.

Tom Lefroy �He was an Irish politician and a judge �He started to flirt with Jane in 1796 �Jane wrote some letters to her sister Cassandra - in 2 of them she mentioned Tom �Some people think that Tom Lefroy presents character of Mr Darcy in her book Pride and Prejudice *8. 1. 1776 † 4. 5. 1869

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