JANE AUSTEN - 1

Hareshwar Roy,
JANE AUSTEN - 1
Q. 1: Who is Jane Austen?
Ans.: Jane Austen is an English novelist. She has been called the pure novelist.
Q. 2: Was Jane Austen a Georgian era author?
Ans: Yes, Jane Austen was a Georgian era author.
Q. 3: When was Jane Austen born?
Ans: Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775.
Q. 4: Where was Jane Austen born?
Ans: Jane Austen was born at Steventon, Hampshire, England.
Q.5: What do you know about Steventon?
Ans: Steventon was a tiny village amid the chalk hills of North Hants.
Q. 6: In which county in England was Austen born?
Ans: Hampshire.
Q.7: What was the name of Jane Austen’s father?
Ans: George Austen was the name of Jane Austen’s father.
Q.8: What was Jane Austen’s father?
Ans: Jane Austen’s father was a clergyman.
Q.9: What was the name of Jane Austen’s mother?
Ans: Cassandra was the name of Jane Austen’s mother.
Q.10: What was Jane Austen’s number among her siblings?
Ans: Jane Austen was the seventh child and second daughter of Cassandra and George Austen.
Q.11: When did Jane Austen die?
Ans: 18 July 1817.
Q.12: Where was Jane Austen buried?
Ans: Winchester, United Kingdom.
Q.13: How did Jane Austen die?
Ans: Jane Austen died of consumption.
Q.14: What was the age of Jane Austen when she died?
Ans: Jane Austen died in the age of 42.
Q.15: Who published Jane Austen’s unpublished novels after her death?
Ans: Henry, Jane Austen’s brother, published Jane Austen’s unpublished novels after her death?
Q.16: What was the pen name of Jane Austen?
Ans: The pen name of Jane Austen was ‘A Lady.’
Q.17: What is Jane Austen's style of writing?
Ans: Jane Austen's writing style is a mix of neoclassicism and romanticism. 
Q.18: Why is Jane Austen famous?
Ans: Jane Austen is famous for her social commentary. Austen created the comedy of manners of middle-class life in the England of her time
Q.19: What is the name of Jane Austen’s first novel?
Ans: Pride & Prejudice is the name of Jane Austen’s first novel .
Q.20: When was Pride & Prejudice Written?
Ans: Pride & Prejudice was written in 1796-97.
Q.21: When was Pride & Prejudice Published?
Ans: Pride & Prejudice was published in 1813.
Q.22: What is the major theme of Pride & Prejudice?
Ans: Pride & Prejudice deals with men and manners. It is a fine example of domestic comedy.
Q.23: Which novel famously opens with the line, ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife’…..
Ans: Pride and Prejudice
Q.24: When was Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey written?
Ans: Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey was written in 1798.
Q.25: When was Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey published?
Ans:  Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey was published in 1818.
Q. 26: What type of novel is Northanger Abbey?
Ans: Northanger Abbey is a burlesque of the Radcliffian horror novel.
Q. 27: When was Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility written?
Ans: Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility was written in 1797-98.
Q.28: When was Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility published?
Ans: Jane Austen’s Sense & sensibility was published in 1811.
Q. 29: What do you know about Sense & Sensibility?
Ans: Sense & Sensibility is a fine example of the domestic comedy.
Q.30: When was Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park Written?
Ans: Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park was written in 1811-13.
Q. 31: When was Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park Published?
Ans: Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park was published in 1814.
Q.32: When was Jane Austen’s Emma written?
Ans: Jane Austen’s Emma was written in 1815.
Q.33: When was Jane Austen’s Emma published?
Ans: Jane Austen’s Emma was published in 1816.
Q.34: Which of Austen’s novels inspired the popular 1995 movie Clueless?
Ans: Emma inspired the popular 1995 movie Clueless.
Q.35: Austen dedicated Emma to which royal family member?
Ans: The Prince Regent.
Q.36: When was Jane Austen’s Persuasion published?
Ans: Jane Austen’s Persuasion was published in 1818 after her death.
Location: B-37, City Homes Colony, Jawahar Nagar Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Currently Dr. Roy is working as Professor of English at Govt. P.G. College Satna, Madhya Pradesh. He is the author of the following books: (1) Diasporic Articulation in the Novels of M.G. Vassanji (2) A Study of M.G. Vassanji 's Novels (3) Varieties of Indianity in the Works of M.G. Vassanji & Rohinton Mistry (4)Diaspora & Indian Diaspora: A Brief Study (5) Short Notes of English Literature - I (6) Short Notes of English Literature - II (7) हमार पहचान ह भोजपुरी - भोजपुरी कविता संकलन (8) हमरा प्यार हो गइल - भोजपुरी गज़ल संकलन (9) भोजपुरी कविताएँ

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