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Hiroaki Sato translated "Basho's Narrow Road," "Right Under the Big Sky, I Don't Wear A Hat" and writes frequently on Japanese poetry.
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Hiroaki Sato translated "Basho's Narrow Road," "Right Under the Big Sky, I Don't Wear A Hat" and writes frequently on Japanese poetry.
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Cooper's first novel, "Precaution", was an imitation of Jane Austen's novels.
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Maxwell cites Jane Austen's books as among the ones he has most enjoyed, in a 1997 essay in the New York Times Magazine.
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P. D. James cites Jane Austen as one of her great inspirations, calling her "a mistress of construction."
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Fitzgerald calls Austen "a kind of patron saint."
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"[A novel is] some work in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language."
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"I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress."
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Jane Austen was the daughter of a well-connected country clergyman in a small village in southern England, and was distantly related to the aristocracy. She had six brothers and a sister--Cassandra, her best friend and confidante. Although she often wrote about marriage and courtship, Austen never married, nor did her sister. The Austen household was lively, jolly, and bookish, and Jane and her siblings loved performing in amateur theatricals (a pastime which plays a vital part in the plot of he more... 
 
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12/15/1775 Hampshire, Southern England, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, British Isles, Western Europe,
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Mansfield Park would have gotten 4 stars if I hadn't become so irritated with the main character by the time I was finished with it. Fanny Price is a morally upright, humble young woman set against a tapestry of bumbling and comically foolish characters. However, she grated on my nerves at the end by her passivity, meekness, and tendency to think badly of all the people around her except her cousin Edmund. Although in the end her impressions of everyone were actually pretty dead-on, I was so annoyed by that point by how easily "distressed" Fanny was that her shrewdness didn't really matter. The story itself was enjoyable, a showcase of Austen's incredible perception of human nature; nothing less than what we've naturally come to expect from her, but the conclusion was a little disappointing. I would have been happier if Edmund had actually fallen madly in love with Fanny. Instead it felt like they were both settling for sibling affection to base a marriage on. Actually, I would have been happier if the Crawfords had turned out to be the perfect matches for Fanny and Edmund, like I thought they would, instead of having the cousins marry each other. Overall Mansfield Park is a good read, and my only real complaint is the absence of the passion that Jane Austen weaves so masterfully into her other works.


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I really enjoy reading Jane Austen's work as I love all the romance in a different time of the present. I also read The Jane Austen Book Club which is really funny and the film isn't too bad neither! :)
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I love all Jane Austen's work my favourite being Pride of Prejudice. I recently read a novel by Juliet Archer which was fantastic if you love Austen you'll enjoy Juliet's new novel.
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Her writing transcends me into a different world. a world of romance,a woman so strong for that age. I love all her books. I hope my granddaughters will love her like I do..
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mr. darcy ,, i love him ..!
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Pride and Prejudice was a breathtaking, detailed story. Absolutely one of my favorite books; it's got romance, humor, family life... nice break from the typically predictable fairy tales.
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I absolutely adore Pride and Prejudice.
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Jane Austen is on of the best writes of all time. Her stories have stood the test of time and will continue to do so. She is an amazing author, storyteller, writer, whatever term you desire to use to describe this amazing women. I will do my part in ensuring that her books continue for generations to come by passing on the ones that I own to my children and grandchildren.
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I love her. My favorite is Pride and Prejudice. I am curretnly reading Mansfield Park.
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