Jane Austen wrote mainly novels centering around love and marriage that were considered realistic fiction. Her books are not essentially dramatic, but sometimes they are said to be romance or drama.
Jane Austen pioneered the idea of portraying ordinary people in novels. Her characters had ordinary backgrounds and ordinary problems. They were not the sorts of people who might be called heroic,...
It is really difficult to specify her influence. We know it was extensive, even during her lifetime. She was admired by the Prince of Wales and his daughter, who was Princess of Wales. Her books were...
Fanny Burney was a successful author who preceded Jane Austen, and whose novels Jane Austen read. Her novel, Evelina is about a young woman of marriageable age. It is presented in a manner that is...