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Ilovereadingnovels,especiallythoseclassics.MyfavoritewriterisJaneAusten,theonewhowroteprideandprejudice.WhenBBCscreeneditslatestadaptationofJaneAusten’snovelprideandprejudice,itwaswatchedbyarecord18millionBritishviewers.Theserieswasthensoldto18countriesroundtheworld,fromAmericatoAustralia,fromIcelandtoIsrael,thereareJaneAustenfansinallcornersoftheglobe,andevenspecialJaneAustendiscussiongroupsontheinternet.
JaneAustenneveroncetraveledaboardinherlifetimeandshehardlyeverleftthesouthofEngland.Whenshediedaspinsterin1817,onlyfourofhersixnovelshadbeenpublished,allanonymousandsheearedagrandtotalof648.65poundsfromherbooks.Now,nearly200yearslater,salesofhernovelsrivalmodernbestsellers,reaching35,000aweek.Therehavebeenfilmandtelevisionproductionsofnotonlyprideandprejudice,butalsoEmma,Persuasion,andtheOscar-winningSenseandSensibility.HerhouseinChawtoninHampshireisvisitedby200peopleaday.
Shewadbornin1775,theseventhofeightchildren.HerfatherwasthereverendGeorgeAusten.Theywerenotwelloff,andlivedinavillage.Bythetimewhenshewas12,Janewaswritingstoriesaboutheroinesimprisonedinhauntedcastles,beingrescuedbyglamorousheroes.InJane’sownlifetherewerethreeromanticattachments.ThefirstwasahandsomeIrishlawstudentcalledTomLefroy,whoshemetin1795,butwhohadtoreturntoIrelandayearlater.Thesecond,in1801,wasayoungmancalledSamuelBlackallwhoshefellinlovewithwhenonholidayinDevon,butwhotragicallydiedsuddenlysoonafter.ThethirdwasalargeyoungmancalledHarrieswhoseproposalshebrieflyacceptedin1802,“buthehadnothingtorecommendhimbuthissize,”soshechangedhermind.
In1801thefamilymovedtoBath,whereshewasveryunhappy.Tomakemattersworse,in1805herfatherdied,leavinghiswidow,JaneandheronlysisterCassandra,alsounmarried,evenpoorerthanbefore.Forfouryearstheyhadtomovefromhousetohouse,oftenstayingwithrelatives.Finallyin1809herbrotherEdwardallowedthemtoliveinahouseonhisestateinChawton,onlyafewmilesfromSteventonwhereshehadgrownup.Hereshewasmuchhappier,despitebeingthepoorrelation,dependentoncharity.Shenotonlyrevisedherearliernovelbutwasabletowritenewones,usingherexperiencestosatirizeandmakefunofthesocialinequalitiesshesawaroundher.Atlastin1811,SenseandSensibilitywasthefirstofhernovelstobepublished.
