Austen
Regency novelist's surname
Austen is a surname, most notably associated with English novelist Jane Austen (1775–1817), whose works satirized the manners and marriage concerns of the English gentry.
Her name appears attributively to describe romantic comedy with sharp social observation: an Austen-esque plot, very Austen.
As a given name, Austen is a variant spelling of Austin.
Regency courtship novel
- EmmaName suggesting wholeness
- Mansfield ParkAusten's third published novel
- Northanger AbbeySatirical novel mocking Gothic tropes
- novelNew and unusual
English literature · Georgian · marriage plot · courtship · social commentary · irony · wit · morality
Formal union between partners
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- social classSocietal stratification by status
- gentlewomanWoman of high birth
heroine · spinsterhood · elopement · inheritance · primogeniture · reputation · prudence · sensibility
Seam placed beneath bust
- muslinPlain-woven cotton cloth
- pelisseFur-lined outer wrap
- spencerShort fitted outerwear
- reticuleSmall drawstring purse
curricle · pianoforte · quadrille · drawing room · ballroom · Bath · ton · gentility
Knightley · Wickham · Mrs Bennet · Willoughby
Pride and Prejudice
Regency courtship novel
- EmmaName suggesting wholeness
- Mansfield ParkAusten's third published novel
- Northanger AbbeySatirical novel mocking Gothic tropes
novel · English literature · Georgian · marriage plot · courtship · social commentary · irony · wit · morality · characterization
marriage
Formal union between partners
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- social classSocietal stratification by status
gentlewoman · heroine · spinsterhood · elopement · inheritance · primogeniture · reputation · prudence · sensibility · romantic love
empire waist
Seam placed beneath bust
reticule · curricle · pianoforte · quadrille · drawing room · ballroom · Bath · ton · gentility · gentry
Elizabeth Bennet
Knightley · Wickham · Mrs Bennet · Willoughby
Pemberley
Fictional aristocratic mansion
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Famous AuthorsShakespeare, Dickens, Hemingway, Twain, Poe
- 1800s FiguresDarwin, Marx, Dickens, Beethoven, Napoleon
- British AuthorsCharles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl, Shakespeare
- British WritersShakespeare, Dickens, Tolkien, Rowling, Orwell
- Classic AuthorsShakespeare, Dante, Homer, Chaucer, Milton
AustenHemingway
Edgar Allan Poe · Cormac McCarthy · Brontë · Dostoyevsky · Emily Brontë
AustenHemingway
Melville · Jack London · Tom Clancy · Louis L'Amour · Ian Fleming
- Austin Powers
- Jane AustenRegency-era English novelist
- Stone Cold Steve AustinRebellious nineties wrestling champion
- Austin, TexasTexas state capital
- Stephen F. Austin
- Austin City LimitsTexas public television concert series