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About two pages into her novel, Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen writes that her heroine, Catherine Morland, likes to play Baseball and cricket. She is making Catherine Morland out to be a tomboy and not very heroic. But one thing significant about this is that it was written about 1798, and is one of the oldest mentions of baseball in literature.
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Write short note on Jane Austen and the development of the realist Novel?
Jane Austen and the development of the Realist Novel
What was Jane Austen's religion?
Jane Austen was a Christian Anglican, of the Church of England. Her father was a rector in several parishes throughout his career and her brother, Henry(widely considered her favourite of her brothers) later in his life became an Anglican clergyman.
Was Jane Austen famous in her time?
Sense and Sensibility had a certain fame among literary people as soon as it was published, in 1811. The fame of the author grew with subsequent novels. Jane Austen was not famous during her lifetime, however, because she published anonymously.
Women novelists of the Victorian age?
Emily bronte,Jane austen,charollete bronte The four greatest women novelists of the 19th century were: Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot. Also should consider Mary Shelley who wrote 'Frankenstein' in 1818.
How many languages have Jane Austen's novels been translated into?
i know that it is 35 different languages, but i havent found out what they all are.
