Abstract
As a female writer at the turn of the century，Jane Austin went through the age of British regency witnessing the evolution of Britain from the 18th century to the 19th century. She gained an insight into the changes of the times, and she reflected on this era. She completed six novels in all. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels. Stories of love and marriage provide the framework for all her novels and in them women are always taken as the major characters. In her works she created some classic female images. She explored the status of women at that time and women’s education. Anyway, her main concern is about and marriage view under the collision of sense and sensibility. In a word, the spirit and responsibility of Jane Austen are fully showed in her works.
Keywords Jane Austen; novels; the social responsibility; spirit of the age; women; marriage.
Contents
Abstract I
Contents I
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………...1
1. The reflection of Jane Austen about his times……………………………………. 2
2. The mould of her women’s image…………………………………………….…....3
2.1. About the status of women………………………………………………….……3
2.2. About women’s education………………………………………………………...4
2.3. About the collision of sense and sensibility……………………………………...4
3. Discussion on marriage view ………………………………………………………5
4. Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………...6
References …………………………………………………………………………....7
