| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Austen, Jane |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Aus·ten |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô st n |
| DATES: | 1775–1817 |
| British writer who is noted for her penetrating observation of middle-class manners and morality and her irony, wit, and meticulous style. Her novels include Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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