ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Sanditon (1817) is an unfinished novel by the English writer Jane Austen.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jane Austen is known for six novels: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), and Persuasion and Northanger Abbey (both 1817).

Detailed explanation-3: -Austen’s plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jane Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility, was published anonymously in 1811. The titlepage of the first edition, seen here, simply gives the authorship as ‘By a Lady’. Anonymous publication was common at the time, and many male novelists also concealed their names.