Austen

[ aw-stuhn ]

noun

1. Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.

Austen

/ ˈɔː-; ˈɒstɪn /

noun

1. AustenJane17751817FEnglishWRITING: novelist Jane. 1775–1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)

Example Sentences

The Brontës, of course, but also Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Rebecca West and Virginia Woolf, all of whom achieved their successes with competition and support from their sisters.

From Los Angeles Times

The rectangular stone tablet is in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, where writers including Shakespeare, Dickens and Austen are commemorated.

From BBC

I’ve read enough Jane Austen to know his speech is the context for “A Very Important Declaration I Need to Hear.”

From Los Angeles Times

Plans for a statue of Austen by the same artist were scrapped in 2019, with Winchester Cathedral stating "other priorities" needed to be the focus of its attention.

From BBC

Austen Smith, of the United States, took the bronze with 45 shots.

From BBC