Austen's 1811 novel contrasts the sensible Elinor with the emotional Marianne; Ang Lee's 1995 film, scripted by and starring Emma Thompson, brought the story to a wide modern audience and earned major awards.
Concise modern overview of Jane Austen's life: born 1775 in Hampshire, author of six major novels including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, lived at Chawton, died 1817 in Winchester. Her Chawton house is now a museum.
Jane Austen's last completed novel, Persuasion, follows 27-year-old Anne Elliot as she confronts regret and a second chance with Captain Wentworth. Written 1815-1816 and published posthumously in 1818, the novel emphasizes constancy, social mobility through naval service, and the effects of societal counsel on personal choice.
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813) is a social comedy about the Bennet family, pride and prejudice between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, and the pursuit of marriage and security in early 19th-century England.