Austen, Jane. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Austen, Jane

SYLLABICATION:	Aus·ten
PRONUNCIATION:	ôstn
DATES:	1775–1817
	British writer who is noted for her penetrating observation of middle-class manners and morality and her irony, wit, and meticulous style. Her novels include Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816).


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