Jane Austen - Revision history

Jonathan: /* List of works */

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List of works

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Pride and Prejudice and the ensuing controversy

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Jonathan: /* Early career */

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Early career

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 * ''[[Monsterfield Park]]'' (1811)
 * ''[[Perversion]]'' (1811)
-* ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1813)
+* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_prejudice Pride and Prejudice]'' (1813)
 * ''[[Zombies vs the Maggots]]'' (1814)
 * ''[[Attack of the Killer Goblins]]'' (1814)

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 {{quote|It is a truth generally agreed upon that a man in possession of a load of cash could do with getting married.}}
-When the book finally came out, Austen was immediately served with a secrecy order as well as libel writs by Wickham, Elizabeth Darcy's husband, [[Fitzwilliam Darcy]] and (in absentia) the [[Reverend William Smallpiece Collins]], a street pastor working in the East End of London. However, owing to secrecy issues surrounding Wickham and Collins, the case was heard ''in camera'' and to this day the details of the judgement remain unknown. Following the trial, a revised edition of the book was quickly brought out with all references to aliens removed, but much of the supposed libel was left intact. It has been speculated that this part of a deal worked out between herself and Wickham's employers, the [[Department for Unusual Affairs]], in order to buy Austen's silence.{{citation needed}} The only comment ever made by Austen herself about the whole affair was the enigmatic remark that "one should never rely on first impressions."
+When the book finally came out, Austen was immediately served with a secrecy order as well as libel writs by Wickham, Elizabeth Darcy's husband, [[Fitzwilliam Darcy]] and (in absentia) the [[Reverend William Smallpiece Collins]], a street pastor working in the East End of London. However, owing to secrecy issues surrounding Wickham and Collins, the case was heard ''in camera'' and to this day the details of the judgement remain unknown. Following the trial, a revised edition of the book was quickly brought out with all references to aliens removed, but much of the supposed libel was left intact. It has been speculated that this part of a deal worked out between herself and Wickham's employers, the [[Department for Unusual Affairs]], in order to buy Austen's silence.{{citation needed}} The only comment ever made by Austen herself about the whole affair was the enigmatic remark that
 ===Late novels===

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 It has also been successfully argued that her work was a significant influence on other zombie writers such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley Mary Shelley] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Gaskell Mrs Gaskell].
-Her principal claim to fame, however, is her relationship with the celebrated alien hunter [[George Wickham]], resulting in the notorious work known as ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''. The resulting controversy all but destroyed her career, although she did write several more novels, all of which were received with general indifference from the book-buying public. Several more books appeared under her name posthumously, but most Austenologists regard these as little more than contemptible forgeries.
+Her principal claim to fame, however, is her relationship with the celebrated alien hunter [[George Wickham]], resulting in the notorious work known as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_prejudice Pride and Prejudice]''. The resulting controversy all but destroyed her career, although she did write several more novels, all of which were received with general indifference from the book-buying public. Several more books appeared under her name posthumously, but most Austenologists regard these as little more than contemptible forgeries.
 ==Biography==

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 [[File:Jane_Austen.jpg|thumb|A watercolour and pencil sketch of Jane Austen, believed to be drawn from life by the celebrated artist [[Mr David Weaver, RA]]]]
-'''Jane Austen''' (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer of popular [[genre fiction]], with a principal focus on works about zombies. It has been said that "with a little more talent and application, she could have been the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenie_Meyer Stephenie Meyer] of her day."{{citation needed}} It has also been successfully argued that her work was a significant influence on other zombie writers such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley Mary Shelley] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Gaskell Mrs Gaskell].
+'''Jane Austen''' (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer of popular [[genre fiction]], with a principal focus on works about zombies. It has been said that
 Her principal claim to fame, however, is her relationship with the celebrated alien hunter [[George Wickham]], resulting in the notorious work known as ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''. The resulting controversy all but destroyed her career, although she did write several more novels, all of which were received with general indifference from the book-buying public. Several more books appeared under her name posthumously, but most Austenologists regard these as little more than contemptible forgeries.
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 ==Biography==
-Biographical information concerning Jane Austen is scarce, largely owing to the imposition of the 300-year rule following her relationship with George Wickham. As a result, much of what is supposedly known can be regarded at best as speculation and at worst "the fevered ravings of a bunch of demented loons."{{citation needed}} Those who are interested in such things are respectfully redirected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_austen here], for example.
+Biographical information concerning Jane Austen is scarce, largely owing to the imposition of the 300-year rule following her relationship with George Wickham. As a result, much of what is supposedly known can be regarded at best as speculation and at worst
 ===Early career===

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 * ''[[The Brown Panic]]'' (1817)
 '''Posthumous works'''
-* ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]''
+* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility Sense and Sensibility]''
-* ''[[Mansfield Park]]''
+* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Park Mansfield Park]''
-* ''[[Emma]]''
+* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma Emma]''
-* ''[[Northanger Abbey]]''
+* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northanger_Abbey Northanger Abbey]''
-* ''[[Persuasion]]''
+* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion_(novel) Persuasion]''

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 ===Early career===
-Austen's first published novel was ''[[The Adventures of Mr Harley and Mr Davidson]]'', a charming if naïve tale of a pair of bicycle-riding bounty-hunters on the trail of zombies marauding across the Hampshire countryside. This debut was well-received, and the contemporary literary critic Joseph Robert Brighouse is said to have remarked that he would gladly
+Austen's first published novel was ''[[The Adventures of Mr Harley and Mr Davidson]]'', a charming if naïve tale of a pair of bicycle-riding bounty-hunters on the trail of zombies marauding across the Hampshire countryside. This debut was well-received, and the contemporary literary critic [[Joseph Robert Brighouse]] is said to have remarked that he would gladly
 {{quote|take up his bloody'd PIKESTAFF and ride alongside her in pursuit of th'UNDEAD.{{citation needed}}}}

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 Apart from a purported brief fling with Lord Byron (and the only evidence for this is statistical, in that he is generally reckoned to have "had a go" with over 50% of the eligible ladies in Regency England), the only other person that Miss Austen is known to have been romantically involved with is George Wickham. However, the dictates of the 300-year rule mean that the details of how she became involved with him and what caused her to break up the relationship can only be the subject of speculation.
-The only certain fact is that the break-up with Wickham was exceptionally acrimonious, leading to the highly unfavourable portrait of him in ''Pride and Prejudice''. One theory states that Wickham was in fact gay (although the evidence from several other contemporary female accounts would seem to contradict this) and another that the relationship was broken up on the orders of the {{Department for Unusual Affairs}}. A more extreme theory (the so-called ''Jane Alien'' hypothesis){{citation needed}} suggests that Austen herself was an alien, but the most likely explanation is that the two simply got bored with each other.
+The only certain fact is that the break-up with Wickham was exceptionally acrimonious, leading to the highly unfavourable portrait of him in ''Pride and Prejudice''. One theory states that Wickham was in fact gay (although the evidence from several other contemporary female accounts would seem to contradict this) and another that the relationship was broken up on the orders of the [[Department for Unusual Affairs]]. A more extreme theory (the so-called ''Jane Alien'' hypothesis){{citation needed}} suggests that Austen herself was an alien, but the most likely explanation is that the two simply got bored with each other.
 ==List of works==