LITERATURE - Jane Austen

Jane Austen’s novels are so readable in part because she wasn’t an ordinary kind of novelist: she wanted her work to help us to be better and wiser people. Her novels had a philosophy of personal development at their heart.

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[eliasmasri]

Jane Austen also teaches us not to be to tough on introverts, they turn out to be her most worthy characters.

[MouthfullRadio]

"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings" - Jane Austen

[junkevin]

These videos have opened my eyes to the beauty of philosophy and literature. It's such a comforting feeling to learn that the questions and often sad thoughts in my head have been thought of and so thoroughly worked on by these great men and women in the past. In the past two weeks since I've started to watch these videos, I have seriously reconsidered many topics and views I have on life. It's a shame American core curriculum doesn't require the teaching of philosophy and reasoning. If more people learned and discussed these issues, it could make our societies and lives so much more fulfilling..

[pplattee]

Her stories have so many layers starting from personal level to big societal projections.The ease with which she shifts and covers from self reflection/ personality analysis to commentary on huge social concerns like misogyny- economic security- marriage - gender roles-social status-education - accomplishments and double standards. All her characters have imperfections which is beautiful 💞 The way the standard protagonist traits are to her second leads shows her uniqueness of writing

[cloedoso]

Can you make more videos about women, please? (Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir, Virginia Wolf, George Eliot, Harper lee, the Bronte sisters, etc)

[FingersKungfu]

School of Life is one of the most humanistic channel on YouTube.

[ElricAlchemistLena]

Make a video about the Brontë Sisters as well

[Grapesforbananas]

As a writer, she's my inspiration, and I'm not a professional writer, but I do love writing!!

[alwayswondering]

I am SO thankful (to Jane of course) that she never married; selfish on my-part of course (and on a good many of you reader's out there) for if she had her whole life would have been given over to her husband and children.
We would certainly have lost some of the greatest of English literature.
I credit Jane for this presence of mind.
Her book's are easy and beautiful reading.

[jamesgilvray]

What's even more crazy is that Jane Austen wasn't formally recognized as a great writer until the 1920's! During her life, people did not largely read her work, and it wasn't until many decades later when a Harvard Scholar wrote a seminal paper on her work did she finally get attention!

[bimetsherojne]

J. Austen, Pride and Prejudice is the first novel i read when i learned english, i still found it difficult but beautiful as i improved. i was mesmerized at her writing, how well she could work on the carachters. thank you for making a video of her life, she was amazing writer

[tobiascornille]

Kudos to the animators of all the episodes. I don't think they get nearly enough appreciation :)

[Jan]

yes, her novels" make us laugh." Don't forget to emphasize how witty and funny Austen is.

[ankitaa.baruah]

I am thoroughly convinced that only the deepest love shall induce me into matrimony
-Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

[beeclu]

" 'having money's not everything, not having it is' -jane austen" -kanye west

[candlelighter]

I was actually named after Jane Austen

[EyeLean]

Austin does indeed do all the things you say and yet she also has one more very important trick up her sleeve, and that is to chronicle the English gentry's final transition out of the Age of Enlightenment and into the Romantic era. What's more, she seems to be somewhat skeptical of each paradigm.

For example, we see these two world views embodied and contrasted in Sense and Sensibility's Elinor and Marianne. In the story, each is in her own way an incompletely developed personality until experience and reflection change them and bring each a little closer to the other in thinking and behavior.

[windstorm]

Its official ladies and gentlemen: Miss Austen is now the worlds most popular author ( really a literary juggernaut with latest spate of movies!) She's zoomed ahead of Shakespeare. Her timeless witty wise works are as contemporary today as when they were written. Brava!

[Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

An absolutely wonderful presentation. And this is so true. She was a stern moralist. And that's a good thing. And that's something we can definitely use today. More people need to read her in that light. She was a daughter of a vicar, for God’s sake. If we all take some of her lessons to heart, we can lead a better life.

[ericgrabowski]

I love her depictions of the outsiders. One can really relate to her characters because we've all felt on the outside of some situation at some point In all of our lives. The well off yearning to be Rich. The beautiful wanting to be perfect. Wanting to be loved by all when we are already loved by some.