Jane Austen, one of the most celebrated writers, wrote seven of the most illustrious novels in the English language. His first novel, begun in 1795, revised in 1809 or 1810, and finally published in 1811, was Sense and Sensibility. Many agree that his most famous work would be Pride and Prejudice. Austen began writing in her early twenties, but did not publish her work until later in her life. She obtained a better education than most women of her time. Born in Steventon Village in Hampshire on 16 December 1775, Austen was born into an upper-middle-class family. She was the daughter of George Austen, a clergyman, and Cassandra Austen. Austen received her education at Reading Abby School. Before the age of eighteen Austen had written three volumes of juvenilia, and her first book was published at the age of thirty-five. Pride and Prejudice, originally titled First Impressions, was submitted to a London publisher by her father in 1797, a year after Austen began writing it. Although many of his friends and family liked the novel, the publisher rejected it. He moved to Bath in 1801 and continued to work on First Impressions until 1805, when his father and a close friend died, at which time he stopped writing for almost five years. In 1809 Austen moved to Hampshire to Chawton College, near her hometown of Steventon and on 28 January 1813 Pride and Prejudice was published anonymously. Austen's novels tell people of her social class about courtship and marriage, and in her lifetime there were about fifteen anonymous reviews, three of them on Pride and Prejudice. James Edward Austen-Leigh, Austen's nephew, wrote her first biography in 1870 portraying her as benevolent, devout, "turning... middle of paper... you, intelligent, sharp and satirical to say". the minimum. Jane Austen's Emma relates to her life in the fact that she writes about people of her social class. All of her characters live near the area where she grew up and all belong to upper-middle-class families. In Emma George Knightley is often the voice of Austen herself. He conveys his opinions and emotions in a subtle way that doesn't disengage the reader too much. While she conveys her opinions and emotions through a character within the novel, she keeps the reader engaged enough to keep their emotions within the story and not towards Austen herself. Works Cited Collins, K K. "Austen, Jane." Student of the world book. Student of the world book. Network. January 4, 2011. Gale Student Resources in Context. Np, nd Web. January 4, 2011. Hodge, J. A., et al. "Jane Austen." Columbia Encyclopedia. EBSCOhost. Network. January 4. 2011.