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OneofthemostwidelyreadwritersinEnglishliterature“Shakespearehashadneitherequalorsecond.Butamongthewriterswho,inthepointwhichwehavenoticed,haveapproachednearesttothemannerofthegreatmaster,wehavenohesitationinplacingJaneAusten,awomanofwhomEnglandisjustlyproud.”——ThomasBabingtonMacaulay（《英国史》）“MissAustenunderstoodthesmallnessoflifetoperfection.Shewasagreatartist,equalinhersmallspheretoShakespeare...”——AlfredTennyson（《悼念》）“EmmaWoodhouseandAnneElliotgiveusasgreatanimpressionof‘passion’—thatcelebratedquality—astheladiesofG.SandandBalzac.”——HenryJames（《鸽翼》）“Wecanhardlybeartorecalltheemotionsoftwentyorfifteenyearsago,hardlyatall,whereaswerespondagainquitevividlytotheemotionsofJaneAustenorDickens,nearlyahundredyearsago.”——D.H.Lawrence（《查泰莱夫人的情人》）“Themostperfectartistamongwomen,thewriterwhosebooksareimmortal,died“justasshewasbeginningtofeelconfidenceinherownsuccess.”——VirginiaWoolf（《戴洛维夫人》）ANovelistforEveryoneWhenShakespeareandDickenshavesunkintovenerability,Austen,ontheotherhand,hasbecomeourcontemporary.JaneAusten’sLifeJaneaustenwasbornon16December,1775,attherectoryinthevillageofSteventon,inHampshire.Shewaseducatedmainlyathomebyherfatherandbrothers.Austen’sHometownThishouseinChawtoniswhereJaneAustenlivedduringthelasteightyearsofherlifewithhersisterCassandra.In1949thehousewasopenedastheJaneAusten’shousemuseum.Austen’sHouseMuseumAusten’sHouseMuseumDuetothepoorhealth,shediedonJuly18,1817inWinchesterandburiedinWinchesterCathedral.LastDaysJaneAusten’sWorksSenseandSensibility(1811)PrideandPrejudice(1813)MansfieldPark(1814)Emma(1815)NorthangerAbbey(1818)Persuasion(1818)MasterWorks英国的摄政时期是指1811年至1820年间，乔治三世被认为不适于统治（精神错乱），而他的儿子，之后的乔治四世被任命为他的代理人作为摄政王的时期。HistoricalBackground：RegencyPeriod(摄政时期)乔治三世乔治四世Theme：Mostlyaboutloveandmarriageintheviewofwomen.Language：Simple,humorous,wittyandwithquietirony.Afineengravingmadeuponalittlepieceofivory(“两寸牙雕”)Awriteroftheearlierrealistschool.WritingStyleTHANKYOU!!