Born on December 16th, 1775, Austen was brought up by her father, George Austen, an Anglican Clergyman, and her mother, Cassandra, a minister’s daughter. But the three only contribute to less than half of the entire family. Austen was number 7 of the 8 children born to Reverend George and Cassandra Austen (Lauber 1). Her writings were not limited to novels; she wrote plays, versus, short novels and a basic cornucopia or literary expressions. Some her earliest writing spread from 1787 to 1793 (Mural 1). Her life style was attributed to her modest family. Apart from hard times, the George Austen always had enough money for books, which were considered a luxury of the time. They also owned horses and a carriage, a sign of status (Laski 29).

Jane enjoyed singing and playing the piano and was extremely proud of her sewing and embroidery. Also fond of dancing, Jane attended several ball

I can honestly say that the comedy through the characters was a relief to hear. Just in real life, one can’t get caught up in the drama and live to see it without a bit of humor as a pick-me-up. I was laughing in the very beginning when I could visualize Mr. Bennet’s reaction to his overdramatic wife saying, “My dear Mr. Bennet, how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them” (Austen 1). I also found the character of Mr. Collins extremely comical. Austen described him:

“Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of Nature had been but little assisted by education or society, the greatest part of his life having been spent under the guidance of an illiterate and miserly father; and though he belonged to one of the universities, he ha merely kept the necessary terms, without forming at it any useful acquaintance. The subjection in which his father had brought him up had given him originally great humility of manner; but it was now a good deal counteracted consequential feelings of early and unexpected prosperity. A fortunate chance had recommended him to Lady Catherine de Bourgh when the living of Hunsford was vacant; and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance, and humility”(Austen 52).

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