简奥斯丁 作品详解.pptVIP

English writer, who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment of everyday life （第一个现实地描绘日常平凡 生活中平凡人物的小说家） ☆ Virginia Woolf called Austen “ the most perfect artist among women “. ☆ As the popularity with time flying , Austen can have a seat with Shakespeare. Brief Life 1. She was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, where her father, Rev.George Austen, was a rector. 2. She was the second daughter and seventh child. 3. She was mostly tutored at home, and irregularly at school, but she received a broader education than many women of her time. 4. She started to write for family amusement as a child. Her earliest-known writings date from about 1787. 5. After her father’s death, the family moved to Southampton then Chawton, and in Chawton she started to write her major works. 6. She never married. 7. Due to the poor health, she died on July 18, 1817 in Winchester and buried in Winchester Cathedral. This is a movie about Jane Austen’s life, named Becoming Jane. Master Works Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1816) Northanger Abbey (1818) Persuasion (1818) Plot summary Ten-year-old Fanny Price is taken from her impoverished home to the estate of her wealthy aunt and uncle Bertram. There she is tormented by her aunt Norris, disliked by her cousins. Plot summary While Uncle Bertram is away on business, Henry and Mary Crawford come to stay at the nearby parsonage. The Crawfords, brother and sister, are lively and charming. Henry then falls in love with shy Fanny. She refuses the advantageous match and, as punishment, is sent back to her parents. Henry pursues her for a time, then has an affair with Maria that results in her