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The Life of Jane Austen

The  Works of Jane Austen



~The Impact of Jane Austen~

     Jane Austen has made a tremendous impact on society and the world. Through her novels, she taught everyone the real meaning of love. For her, real love was focusing on the qualities of the person not their riches and wealth. Austen wrote six complete novels and a few short novels when she was young. Her literacy career was not very long, however, it made a great impact.

  "A man does not recover from such a devotion of the heart to such a woman!-He ought not=he does not." Jane Austen, Persuasion (page 173)

     Austen began writing stories with a pen and paper at a young age. Jane Austen's father, after reading her works, bought her paper and a writing desk. Later, he tried to get a publisher to read her works, however, she was too young at the time. In 1707, Jane Austen began working on the novel Sense and Sensibility. Surprisingly though, Pride and Prejudice was published first. Later, one of her greatest works, Persuasion was published.

      Persuasion was written in 1818, and at that time, there was only a small group that enjoyed and admired Austen's novels. However, now she has become a very popular writer. Persuasion was Jane Austen'slast novel, although it may have been one of the finest. Austen showed in that novel how things do not always turn out the way they are planned and why morals are so important.

      In Persuasion, Austen showed the consequences of bad decisions. Anne Elliot, one of the main characters, suffers from breaking a relationship with who she deeply loved. Austen closely examined the reasons for the decisions leading to the consequences, and proved how morals were made through change.

"She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning."
- Jane Austen, Persuasion, (page 29)

     Over the years, Jane Austen's novels became more known. Austen greatly influenced the society, not only at that time, but still today. Austen's novels showed the truth of love. She gave women, through her works, hope to move on and preparation for the future. Jane Austen has made a great impact on the world and on society.