Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English author best known for her six major novels, which interpret the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Born into a large and close knit family that belonged to the lower fringes of the English gentry, she wrote what she had seen and experienced. She started writing at the age of 12. By the age of 18, she had created a large volume of work, which shows her dislike for sentimental fictions. Her first serious work ‘Lady Susan’ was written at the age of 19. She then went on to produce more novels. However, none of them found publishers until she settled down in Chawton, and her brother Henry began to act as her literary agent. Thereafter, four of her novels were published in quick succession; the rest were published shortly after her death.