Info on Jane Austen and P and P/ Her Style

Jane Austen Info

· Had 6 siblings (only one sister—Cassandra)
· Never married
· No formal schooling—was taught by her father (a vicar) and one of her older brothers
· Sang a little; played the piano a little
· Lived in an age of letter-writing; she wrote lots of letters
· Pride and Prejudice was first entitled as First Impressions and was rejected by publisher
· Book was finally published in 1813 under its present title

Her Style:

1) She uses irony extensively.
2) She uses indirect and direct characterization; she uses indirect characterization to allow readers to form their own impressions of some of her characters, and then she directly characterizes those characters later.
3) Personalities are often conveyed through dialogue.