Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 in Steventon, England, and died on 18 July 1817 in Winchester. Though she wrote major novels before turning 22, she did not see them published until age 35. Her six completed novels—*Sense and Sensibility* (1811), *Pride and Prejudice* (1813), *Mansfield Park* (1814), *Emma* (1816), and the posthumous *Northanger Abbey* and *Persuasion* (both 1817)—subtly critique the English landed gentry and the pressures on women to marry for security. Her sharp social commentary, wit, and irony have made her a cornerstone of literary realism.

Austen’s work has been widely adapted for film and television, including *Pride and Prejudice* (1940, 1995, 2005), *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), *Emma* (1996, 2020), and *Love & Friendship* (2016). In our catalog, she is credited as writer on 22 issues, with her most adapted titles being *Emma*, *Northanger Abbey*, *Sense and Sensibility*, and *Pride and Prejudice*, appearing in series like *Manga Classics* and *Novelas Inmortales* from 1979 to 2016.

Though she earned only moderate success in her lifetime, her novels have rarely been out of print since. A key shift came in 1833 when they were republished in Richard Bentley’s Standard Novels series, and her nephew’s 1869 *Memoir of Jane Austen* cemented her reputation. She left unfinished works, including *Sanditon* and *The Watsons*, and the short novel *Lady Susan*. Her legacy endures through critical acclaim and enduring popular readership.