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Perhaps the weakest was the father of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility, who died leaving his wife and daughters with barely enough money to live on. In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet neglected his daughter's educations and failed to provide them with a dowry. In Emma, Emma Woodhouse's father was eccentric, declining mentally, or both. Fanny Price's father, in Mansfield Park, was a drunk who did not have a decent job, and her surrogate father neglected to provide his children with moral principles. In Persuasion, Anne Elliot's father was vain and self centered to the point of being ridiculous. The only one of the heroines who might have had a reasonable father was Catherine Morland, in Northanger Abbey, and her father barely figures in the book.
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"Sense and Sensibility" and "Persuasion" by Jane Austen both portray weak father figures. In "Sense and Sensibility," Mr. Dashwood is portrayed as indecisive and easily influenced, while in "Persuasion," Sir Walter Elliot is depicted as vain and self-absorbed, neglecting his responsibilities as a father.
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How did Jane Austen sign her novels?
By a lady.
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No, "Anna Karenina" is not one of Jane Austen's novels. It is a classic Russian novel written by Leo Tolstoy. Jane Austen is known for novels such as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility."
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Jane Austen sold more novels during her lifetime than Charlotte Bronte. Austen published six novels during her lifetime, while Bronte published four novels before her death. Austen's novels gained popularity in the 19th century and continue to be widely read today.
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"Emma"
Where did Jane Austen write her books?
Jane Austen wrote her novels where she grew up, in Hampshire, England.
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One of Jane Austen's novels is PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. It is very famous novel.
What did Jane Austen's mother's father do for a living?
Jane Austen's mother, Cassandra Leigh Austen, was born to Thomas and Jane Leigh. Thomas Leigh was a country parson, and Cassandra grew up in the village of Harpsden, near Henley-on-Thames, where her father had a parish. The theme of the country parson was common in Jane Austen's work. Her own father was also a member of the clergy, and ran country parishes at Steventon, Hampshire. Most of her novels had such people in them as important characters, some well regarded and others not.
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Jane Austen's novels were first published in America in 1832. An edition of Pride and Prejudice was released in the United States that year.
What does 6 N by J A mean?
6 Novels by Jane Austen
Is Anna karenina one of austen's novels?
No, Leo Tolstoy wrote Anna Karenina about fifty years after Jane Austen's death.
What Jane Austen novels contained weak fathers?
With the possible exception of Northanger Abbey, in which the father plays a minor part, all of the fathers in Jane Austen's novels are weak in some way or another.In Sense and Sensibility, Mr. Dashwood dies without providing for his wife and daughter, though this is hardly a fault of his.In Pride and Prejudice, both parents neglect their daughters' education, and Mr. Bennet fails by providing neither moral discipline nor dowries.In Mansfield Park, the father, Lt. Price, is a drunk, and the surrogate father, Sir Thomas Bertram, fails to provide moral guidance to his children.In Emma, Mr. Woodhouse is either eccentric or declining mentally, or both.In Persuasion, Sir Walter Elliot is vain, ruinously improvident, and ridiculous.Jane Austen does not provide portraits of good father figures, as I recall.
Which other novels did Jane Austen write besides Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen wrote six novels in total. The other five are Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were both published in 1818, the year after Austen's death.
