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Miss Austen

This website is for those who wish to indulge in Jane's quick wit. It allows the reader to fully comprehend Jane's remarkable satire and knack for creating humorous situation in 18th century society.  It has been created as a final project for a class dedicated to the life and works of Jane Austen.  Ultimately, we hope you will use it as a tool to guide you through your readings and to help you more fully understand Austen's use of satire, humor, and irony as it is used in the development of her main characters and themes.

"You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve."." (Austen, Letter Dec. 24, 1798)

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