Born at Steventon Rectory, a countryside in Hampshire, England. Her father was the rector of this countryside.

Jane Austen spent her childhood and early womanhood at her birthplace.It provided her with most materials of country life for her novels.She was educated at home and began to write at an early age.

1:《理性与感性》（Sense and Sensibility， 1811）

2：《傲慢与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice， 1813）

3：《诺桑觉寺》（Northanger Abbey， 1818， 死后出版）

4：《曼斯菲尔德庄园》（Mansfield Park， 1814）

5：《爱玛》（Emma， 1815） 

6：《劝导》（Persuasion， 1818， 死后出版）

She restricted her subject matter to a narrow range of society and incidents: quiet, prosperous, gentry class families in small towns.

奥斯汀的作品格调轻松诙谐，富有喜剧性冲突。由于奥斯汀终其一生都生活在封建势力强大的乡村，加之家境殷实，所以生活圈子很小。 

奥斯汀的作品被比喻为“两寸象牙雕” 

A little piece of ivory only 2 inches square

She has the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiments.  (她的写实手法细腻生动的把日常生活细节和普通人物描绘得栩栩如生。)   ——Sir Walter Scott