Jane Austin is currently known today as one of the women who developed the first ideas related to feminism (Abrams). Jane's work became widespread in English literature during the era of the transition from neoclassicism to romanticism (Abrams). She was influenced by a number of other literary figures of her time and by the society in which she lived. Her writings sometimes mirrored earlier writers, whom she sometimes mocked because they always described a perfect world in their writings and the world was not like that. His writing style was elegant and satirical. In her novels, Jane Austen described people who were the kinds of people she knew. Many of the characters and events in his stories were real events happening in his life (Bloom). Jane Austin was born in 1775 in Stevenson, Hampshire. She was one of eight children of an Anglican clergyman and his wife (Abrams). She was educated for a short time at a boarding school, but the rest of her education came from her father's (Abrams) library. At age twelve, Jane began writing for her family's pleasure and for her own. In her parents' home, Jane began writing her own novels and by twenty-three she had completed the original versions of Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. . Her father tried to publish her writing, although her family never thought she would become a writer because it was not considered appropriate for a young woman at that time (Abrams; Bloom). Jane published Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park and Pride and Prejudice at her own expense. His name has never been publicly associated with any of his novels (Abrams). The books simply identify the author as female. Although women writers of this era became popular, women writing...... middle of paper ...... the current theme of women in today's society. Works Cited Abrams, Stephen Green Blatt and MH "The Norton Anthology of English Literature Volume 2." Jane Austin. New York: WW Norton & Company, Inc., 2006. 514-515. Bloom, Harold. Blooms Bio review Jane Austin. Broomall, PA: Celsea House, 2002. Bloom, Harold 2. Jane Austin. Newyork, New Haven, Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986.Editors, SparkNotes. “SparkNotes.” April 13, 2011. Pride and Prejudice. April 21, 2011. Foundation, WGBH Educational. PBS Online. 2011. 28 4 2011. Johnson, Claudia Durst. Class issues in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin. Farmington Hills MI: learning to harvest, 2009. Watkins, Army. Jane Austin. New York: InfoBase Publication, 2008.