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Literature of the 19th century refers to world literature produced during the 19th century. The range of years is, for the purpose of this article, literature written from 1799 to 1900. Many of the de
Jane Austen
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Arthur Rimbaud c. 1872
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
19th century in literature
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Portrait, c. 1810
Church of St Nicholas in Steventon, as depicted in A Memoir of Jane Austen
Steventon parsonage, as depicted in A Memoir of Jane Austen, was in a valley and surrounded by meadows.
Austen's The History of England (1791) includes this portrait of Henry IV by her sister, Cassandra.