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1、“shakespeare has had neither equal or second. but among the writers who, in the point which we have noticed, have approached nearest to the manner of the great master, we have no hesitation in placing jane austen, a woman of whom england is justly proud.” thomas babington macaulay （英國史）“miss austen

2、understood the smallness of life to perfection. she was a great artist, equal in her small sphere to shakespeare.” alfred tennyson（ 悼念）“emma woodhouse and anne elliot give us as great an impression of passionthat celebrated qualityas the ladies of g. sand and balzac.” henry james（鴿翼）“we can hardly b

3、ear to recall the emotions of twenty or fifteen years ago, hardly at all, whereas we respond again quite vividly to the emotions of jane austen or dickens, nearly a hundred years ago.” d. h. lawrence （查泰萊夫人的情人）“the most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal, died “just as s

4、he was beginning to feel confidence in her own success.” virginia woolf （ 戴洛維夫人）a novelist for everyonewhen shakespeare and dickens have sunk into venerability, austen, on the other hand, has become our contemporary.jane austens life jane austen was born on 16 december, 1775, at the rectory in the v

5、illage of steventon, in hampshire. she was educated mainly at home by her father and brothers.austens hometown this house in chawton is where jane austen lived during the last eight years of her life with her sister cassandra. in 1949 the house was opened as the jane austens house museum. austens ho

6、use museumaustens house museum due to the poor health, she died on july 18, 1817 in winchester and buried in winchester cathedral.last daysjane austens works(1811)(1813)(1814)(1815)(1818)(1818)master works 英國的攝政時期是指1811年至1820年間，喬治三世被認為不適于統(tǒng)治（ 精神錯亂），而他的兒子，之后的喬治四世被任命為他的代理人作為攝政王的時期。historical background：regency period (攝政時期) theme ：mostly about love and marriage in the view of women. language ：simple, humorous, witty and with quiet irony. a fine engraving ma