Instead of a name, the author was merely “A Lady.” Austen would continue to publish under this pseudonym, but due to her growing success, her third published novel, Emma was dedicated “To his Royal Highness, the Prince Regent. Finally, at 35, Austen published Sense and Sensibility. Cassandra, who survived Jane, would go on to burn most of this correspondence before her own death, but the remaining letters reflect Jane Austen’s strong and playful personality.Īlthough writing was not viewed as an acceptable occupation, Austen wrote determinedly, but her early publishing attempts were thwarted. She was extremely close with her only sister, Cassandra, and the two wrote many letters when apart. The daughter of a country rector, Austen enjoyed dancing and parties. Like the lives of her protagonists, it was a quiet life. You will allow, that in both, man has the advantage of choice, woman only the power of refusal that in both, it is an engagement between man and woman, formed for the advantage of each and that when once entered into, they belong exclusively to each other till the moment of its dissolution that it is their duty, each to endeavour to give the other no cause for wishing that he or she had bestowed themselves elsewhere, and their best interest to keep their own imaginations from wandering towards the perfections of their neighbours, or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else.Born in England in 1775, Jane Austen lived a short life. Taken in that light certainly, their resemblance is not striking but I think I could place them in such a view. “And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. And in those times, what greater advice is there than turning to our friends for support? Friendship helps us heal. We’ve all had our hearts broken at one time or another.
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