Austen

Biography of Jane Austen (1775-1817) Grade Level:  9-12 The Reverend George Austen was neither noble nor wealthy, but he had a keen interest in education, even for his daughters; so Jane Austen did receive some instruction outside her home. She was also an avid reader and a critical thinker. According to this entry, however, Austen's was a relatively quiet, uneventful life, and it is with the commonplace concerns of her age--notably, courtship and marriage--that her novels concern themselves. In addition to a biographical essay, GradeSaver features links to study guides for four of Austen's works: Emma, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. Topic: Austen, Jane,--1775-1817 URL: http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/authors/about_jane_austen.html About Jane Austen Her Life & Her Novels Grade Level:  9-12 Created by the Jane Austen Society of Australia, this web site tells of the life and works of the English novelist, Jane Austen. You will learn about happy childhood with her large family and how she became interested in writing. She was always encouraged to write and was only fourteen when she produced her first novel. Find out why she never married and how she managed to get her books published although they never had her name on them during her lifetime. This site also provides a timeline of Austen's life and links to pictures and crossword puzzles. Topic: Austen, Jane,--1775-1817 URL: http://www.jasa.net.au/jabiog.htm The Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 This site is hosted by the Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom and includes a brief biography that provides a summary of Ms. Austen's life, beginning with her birth in the village of Steventon, Hampshire, and ending with her burial in Winchester Cathedral. An article about the clothing of that period features a photograph of a garment worn by Ms. Austen and excerpts from Ms. Austen's letters to her sister, Cassandra. Topic: Austen, Jane,--1775-1817 URL: http://www.janeaustensociety.org.uk    Hampshire, the Inspirational Home of Jane Austen  Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Jane Austen spent the greater part of her life in Hampshire England, and her love of the county is reflected in the people and places that she wrote about. Here, you can view many of the locations around Hampshire where Ms. Austen lived and visited. Each location is accompanied by an account of the Austen family's life during that particular period, featuring a number of supplemental links. Information about "Mansfield Park" and "Sense and Sensibility," recent film adaptations of Ms. Austen's novels, is also included. Topic: Austen, Jane,--1775-1817 URL: http://www.hants.gov.uk/austen The Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Bath, England, where Jane Austen lived for a five-year period in the early 1800's, is the setting for two of her novels, "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion," and home to the Jane Austen Centre, an exhibit that examines the influence that Bath had on Ms. Austen's work. The Centre's web site features a virtual tour of the Centre and an online magazine, an appealing and helpful resource illustrated with photographs and paintings. Articles include an overview of period fashion and recipes, and information about the military, arts and entertainments, and trades and professions of the late 18th and early 19th century. Topic: Austen, Jane,--1775-1817 URL: http://www.janeausten.co.uk/ Jane Austen Grade Level:  9-12 Dr. Andreas Tuber, associate professor of philosophy at Brandeis University, maintains the course notes and background materials for his course "Coming into One's Own" online. These resources include a lengthy entry on English novelist Jane Austen. The material includes an image, a biographical and critical essay, and literary criticism on each of her novels, and bibliographies. According to Tuber, Austen's novels, like those of Charles Dickens, remain both widely read and popular, despite their status as "classics." Topic: English authors URL: http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/austenbio.html Jane Austen Info Page Grade Level:  K-5  6-8  9-12 Are you interested in learning more about the famous British writer Jane Austen? Are you interested in reading Pride and Prejudice or any part of many of her other writings? Visit this web site to access pictures of this literary great. Here you can also search the texts of all six Jane Austen novels by submitting key words. Access a link entitled Jane Austen's Art and her Literary Reputation to obtain even more information on this female writer and her classic novels. Topic: English literature--Women authors URL: http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html Austen, Jane Grade Level:  9-12 An annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video, and art, the Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database comprises entries that serve as resources in health/pre-health and liberal arts settings. The works in the database were annotated because of their value in medical humanities. Three works by nineteenth-century English writer Jane Austen are represented: Emma, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility. The entries for the novels include a summary and commentary, as well as the key words by which the works may be searched. Topic: Women authors, English URL: http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/People?action=view&id=3080 Jane Austen Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Biblio, an online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books, maintains a database of more than three hundred author biographies and bibliographies. Representing contemporary writers (e.g., Saul Bellow and Thomas Pynchon), bestselling authors (e.g., Patricia Cornwell and Jude Deveraux), and common names in the literary canon (e.g., Henry James and John Steinbeck), the database includes biographies and, in many cases, partial lists of works. This entry features information about the life and career of English author Jane Austen, whose works include Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. Topic: Women authors, English URL: http://www.biblio.com/authors/584/Jane_Austen_Biography.html Jane Austen Grade Level:  9-12 The work of English novelist Jane Austen is featured on this site, which offers biographical information and critical essays for the novels of Jane Austen. Details about Austen's family and upbringing in England provide insight into the childhood and literary influences on her later novels. A literary analysis of plot, Austen's intellectual pursuits, and events and people that became part of Austen's stories includes the following novels: Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, and Emma. Topic: Novelists, English URL: http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/austenbio.html#_senseandsensibility Jane Austen (1775-1817) Grade Level:  9-12 English author Jane Austen once noted, "I am looking about for a sentiment, an illustration, or a metaphor in every corner of the room. Could my ideas flow as fast as the rain in the store-closet it would be charming." This guide to Austen includes links to ten Guardian and Observer features and reviews and a number of facts about the author arranged under such headings as "Critical verdict" ("[H]er fans are passionately committed to an oeuvre which, maybe more than any other, bears repeated reading"), "Now read on," and "Recommended biography." Topic: Women authors, English URL: http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,96431,00.html Jane 'Persuasion' Austen Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 One of the most beloved classic authors, Jane Austen, is profiled on this web site. You will learn about her family background, childhood, and education. Find out when she decided to devote all her spare time to writing and how she succeeded in publishing her novels at a time when it was very unusual for a woman to be a writer. You will also learn about the inspirations for her characters and themes in her novels. Topic: Women authors, English--19th century--Biography URL: http://www.incompetech.com/authors/austen/ Jane Austen Grade Level:  9-12 Humanities Web comprises such resources as biographies, timelines, chronologies, images, electronic texts of primary sources, articles, and recommendations for further research and reading, all of which "show the interconnections, the web, the links, between history, the arts, and culture--and how each plays off and influences the others." The entry on English novelist Jane Austen includes an image, brief biography, chronology, quotations, and the complete text of Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma, Lady Susan, Love and Friendship and Other Early Works, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. Topic: Women novelists, English URL: http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=l&p=c&a=i&ID=100 Jane Austen Grade Level:  9-12 Classic Reader's free online collection of classic stories currently comprises more than three thousand works of literature (including nearly two thousand short stories) by more than three hundred authors. New works are added regularly. The entry on nineteenth-century English novelist Jane Austen, "who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment of everyday life," features a biographical sketch, an image, and the complete text of seven works: Emma, Lady Susan, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. Topic: Women novelists, English URL: http://www.classicreader.com/author.php/aut.11/ Jane Austen (1775-1817) Grade Level:  9-12 The University of Adelaide Library maintains eBooks@Adelaide, a free virtual collection of classic works in literature, philosophy, science, and history. The texts, most of which are complemented by biographical notes and related links, can be read online or downloaded for later use. English author Jane Austen is represented in this collection by several works, including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Northanger Abbey. This entry features an image of the author and an essay culled from the 1910 publication A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin. Topic: Women novelists, English URL: http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/ Penn State's Electronic Classics Series Jane Austen Page Grade Level:  9-12 Established in August 1997, Penn State University's Electronic Classics Site publishes a contemporary authors series, the contents of two university literary magazines (Palimpsest and Best of Four), and work that is free of copyright (i.e., "work [...] of a classical nature, or at least pre-World War II"). In this latter category, visitors will find the Jane Austen Page, which comprises eight works: Emma, Lady Susan, Love and Friendship, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. Topic: Women novelists, English URL: http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/j-austen.htm Biography: Life (1775-1817) and Family Grade Level:  9-12 This detailed biography of Jane Austen, the world-renowned novelist, is brimming with information on her life and work. Along with a chronology and timeline, the site includes a genealogical chart of the Austen family, a map of important sites, and much more. The biography contains links that lead to relevant letters and passages from Ms. Austen's books, which shed additional light on the events of her life, as well as portraits of Ms. Austen and her family, and a copy of her obituary, originally published in "Gentleman's Magazine." Topic: Austen, Jane,--1775-1817 URL: http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janelife.html Pride and Prejudice Grade Level:  9-12 Born in Steventon, England, in 1775, Jane Austen began writing when she was in her teens and completed the first draft of Pride and Prejudice between 1796 and 1797. It was published in 1813--anonymously--and continues to enjoy success nearly two hundred years later. The SparkNotes study guide for Pride and Prejudice includes a plot summary and discussion of the novel's context; a character list and analyses of the primary characters; a review of the key themes, symbols, and motifs; a chapter-by-chapter review; explanations of important quotations; and study questions, essay samples, and an online quiz. Topic: Austen, Jane,--1775-1817 URL: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pride/ Literary Allusions in Jane Austen's Work Grade Level:  9-12 Jane Austen was a prolific author and the creator of this web site has undertaken the task of analyzing her work and creating cross referenced indexes such as this one which lists literary allusions. The index is further referenced to books, plays, and letters. If you want to learn more about this author, follow the links to an informational page, a link to some of her writings, and a choice of a page listing links to some of her referenced works. Topic: Allusions URL: http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/litallus.html A Celebration of Women Writers: England Grade Level:  K-5  6-8  9-12 This web site would serve as a great starting point for someone doing research or just interested in learning more about female British authors. There are links to learning more about the authors themselves and their writings. Find information on Jane Austen, Beatrix Potter, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Agatha Christie, Isabella Bird, Catherine Booth, Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë, and so many others. There is so much information at this web site that it takes some time to load the page. Topic: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851 URL: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/ENGLAND.html Analysis of Narrative Rhetoric Grade Level:  9-12 This paper examines the narrative credibility in rhetoric and literature by analyzing Jane Austen's work. The author summarizes that once the moral first premises are accepted, a narrative argument has the same strength as a logical argument. In such a situation, the listener will feel compelled to accept a narrative version as true. A narrator who not only claims but also demonstrates the same moral axioms as the listener will compel belief. He uses passages from the works of Jane Austen to support this theory Topic: Narration (Rhetoric) URL: http://www.classiclanguagearts.net/resources/re-paper-austen.htm Literature @ SunSITE Grade Level:  9-12 The Digital Library SunSITE is building a collection of digital texts that can be read online, printed, or downloaded for further study. The collection includes both English and American authors including authors such as Jane Austen, Mary Austin, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Upton Sinclair, and many more. Topic: English literature URL: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/ Charles G. Dawes: Acceptance Speech Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 "Charles Dawes, vice-president of the United States, was not present to receive the Peace Prize for 1925, which he shared with Sir Austen Chamberlain. Given in recognition of his work as chairman of the Dawes Committee handling the problem of German reparations, the award (reserved in 1925) was made on December 10, 1926, at the Nobel Institute in Oslo." The prize was accepted on his behalf by the U.S. minister in Oslo who read a telegram sent by Dawes. The text of that telegram appears on this web site. Topic: Dawes, Charles Gates,--1865-1951 URL: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1925/dawes-acceptance.html Dreams of High School Vampires Inspire a Toothsome Debut Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 In this interview, popular novelist Stephenie Meyer discusses Twilight--her first novel and the first volume in a young adult series featuring Bella and the Cullens, a family of vampires. Like Mary Shelley, whose classic Frankenstein was inspired by a nightmare, Meyer maintains that she met the beautiful vampires who people her novels in a dream. Influenced by writers as diverse as Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, and Orson Scott Card, Meyer notes that she has always been fascinated by superheroes. Read the complete article at this site. Topic: Meyer, Stephenie,--1973- URL: http://www.bookpage.com/0510bp/stephenie_meyer.html Early Bat and Ball Games Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Covering nearly eight hundred years, this timeline provides a fascinating history of early bat and ball games. This historical overview begins in the year 1085, with the first documented game of stool ball, a forerunner of rounders and cricket. Historical highlights include references from Daniel Webster, Jane Austen, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as Lewis and Clark's instructions for "the game of base" to Nez Perce Indians. Numerous other entries trace the evolution of a simple game involving a bat and a ball into the sport of baseball. Topic: Ball games URL: http://www.sabruk.org/history/bat.html Famous Women Poets and Poetry Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Would you like to read about famous women poets, such as Jane Austen and Maya Angelou? This site includes information on over one hundred women poets and their poetry! Just click onto the poet of your choice for an article and biography. Along with each article, you can access poems and books by the author. So, go ahead and learn more about Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, Ai, and many more famous women poets when you research this site. Topic: Women poets, American URL: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets_women.html George Eliot, 1857-1876: A Biographical Introduction Grade Level:  9-12 Literary novels can go beyond simply being entertaining. They can convey a philosophy, the author's beliefs about the human condition. Mary Ann, or Marion, Evans was George Eliot talented author. She wrote only one book under her real name. She was an assistant editor for the Westminster Review, and examined the literature of Dickens and Austen from a modern perspective. She believed in expressing the reality of life and the environment in stories, rather than following literary conventions. Topic: Women authors, English--19th century--Biography URL: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/eliot/pva92.html Historic Figures Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Visit this web page and read about famous historic people. Some of the people featured here include Prince Albert, King Alfred, King Arthur, and Jane Austen. How many of those people do you recognize? Do you know why they are famous? This is a great site to begin your research. From this web site, you can also read related stories, visit a multimedia room, and access historic timelines. Log on and start exploring the lives of these famous people. Topic: Biography URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ Women and Literature Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 British and American literature was primarily the realm of men before the 19th century. As women more commonly received education, the numbers of female storytellers, poets, and authors increased. Learn about 15 famous women authors. Louisa May Alcott worked for suffrage and temperance, and is the author of the classic work "Little Women." Emily Bronte was a gifted storyteller and wrote "Wuthering Heights." Jane Austen wrote witty and satirical novels like "Sense and Sensibility" and "Pride and Prejudice." Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Emily Dickinson are among the most famous women poets. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Topic: Women authors URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/cheryb/women/wlit.html