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Jane Austen, famous for her books
Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility (to name a few),
and fellow English writer, Charlotte Bronte, known for having penned the
classics Jane Eyre, Villette among
others, belong to the elite of great female writers of all time. However, they have more than just that in
common.
A Century Apart
Jane Austen was born in the
Georgian era,on 16 December, 1775, while Charlotte Bronte was a Victorian, born
eighty years later, on 21 April, 1855.
While they lived a century apart, both were born at a time when women
had few rights. If they were not married, they depended on their fathers or
brothers to support them financially. They
lived in an age in which middle class women were only accepted to work as
companions or as governesses. Jane
Austen and Charlotte Bronte both defied their time – they wrote, got published
and later on were recognized for their genius.
