Jane Austen: The Best Of The Best Of The Best

I have encountered so many different books written by so many talented authors. Through these authors, I have read of countless tragic events, tales of romance and adventure, unbelievable epics; but one author particularly stands out from the best of the best.

Don't get me wrong, when I say 'the best of the best,' I do mean the best of the best. Authors of great, great literature that have captured the world and enveloped it in enthralling, mouthwatering depictions that will keep you on the edges of your seats; eager to turn page after page after page. Authors like, and among the ranks of Joanne Rowling, Dante Aleghieri, C.S. Lewis, and William Shakespeare. However, I do find that one author is the best of them all.

Yes, the best of the best of the best. Am I even grammatically correct?

Jane Austen--- a fine, sophisticated English woman. Born in December 16, 1775 at Stevenson, Hampshire, England; she is widely regarded as the greatest of English women novelists on the notion of having six completed novels. She is known for the sparkling social comedy and accurate vision of human relationships in her novels; which are still widely read today as they have ever been.

Austen was the seventh child of a country parson. Her father, the reverend George Austen, was intelligent and sensitive; he encouraged Jane in her love for books. At an early age, she was already familiar with the works of Henry Fielding, Sir Walter Scott, Richard, Francis Burney, and the poet George Crabbe. Her early attempts at writing include burlesques of popular romances.

Ms. Austen wrote Northanger Abbey (published posthumously in 1818), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Persuasion (also published posthumously in 1818). Although her other novels were written considerably earlier, Sense and Sensibility was first published in 1811. Pride and Prejudice; her most popular novel featuring her own favorite heroine "Elizabeth Bennet", was published in 1813.

Jane Austen's self-contained life often seems reflected in her novels, which included depictions of impoverished clerical families, eligible country squires, foolish snobs, and husband-hunting women.

Jane Austen's life is often noted for its lack of events. She did attract several suitors, though, and even accepted a marriage proposal from one admirer of hers; only to change her mind the following morning (in my language, PAASA.) Jane Austen died in 1817.

I believe that Ms. Austen; although her life was particularly uneventful, the stories she wrote, however, were not. They were filled with incredible plotlines, fascinating characters, relatable situations, tasteful twists and turns, crazy and sometimes stupid decisions from certain characters that will make you hold your breath trying to comprehend exactly why that character made such choices and could only wonder why the character says everything is going all wrong; although in the end, everything resolves itself anyway (*cough* EMMA WOODHOUSE *cough*).

One thing I love about Ms. Austen is that you could never stay mad at a character for too long, and I think we should do the same with everyone around us. Of course, you could never forget what the person did, but as in Jane Austen's characters, you learn to accept it.

The best thing, however, is that you learn to enjoy life the way it is. Don't take it for granted, because at every corner for sure, there is a blessing waiting for you. I also think we should adapt this way of life.

Jane Austen, how you never cease to amaze me. Almost two hundred years, yet you still have the world wrapped around your finger with your words, ensnaring them with awe and wonder page after page after page. The best of the best of the best, and I am not even kidding.

Thank you, Ms. Austen. Thank you, for your enchanting stories. The world will forever be grateful.

Source Material for Biography: Emma by Jane Austen; author profile, republished by Penguin Classics.