Jane Austen (1775-1817) is today’s most beloved British writer. Her great masterpieces, from Pride and Prejudice to Emma to Sense and Sensibilities, continue to delight readers of all generations. In her correspondence, she writes with the liveliness, sharpness and irony that are the hallmarks of her most famous novels. Of the thousands of letters she wrote, only about 160 are known to this day, her family having destroyed most of them.
