Talk:Jane Austen

I tried looking this up on Google and searched everywhere for this piece of her juvenilia, but I'm not so sure if it exists or not. If anyone could provide proof, like a cnp of the whole text, then someone will reconsider trying to delete this because I can't find it anywhere. Vampires.ut0pia (talk) 23:18, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Nvm I found it literally after I made this. Vampires.ut0pia (talk) 22:39, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Just today, while I was looking of the page of Etienne de Silhouette, I recently found out that there is a photo that has a silhouette of Jane Austen. Below is the link for said photo. Could we replace her current photo with this, or should the c. 1810 painting still be kept on her About page? Just asking because this is the closest thing we have to what she looked like during her time. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/JaneAustenSilhouette.png Signed, Vampires.ut0pia Vampires.ut0pia (talk) 22:39, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

The silhouette is only ‘believed’ to be Jane Austen. It was found in a copy of Mansfield Park (not owned by the Austen family.) The National Portrait Gallery (who own the silhouette) list it in their collection as ‘possibly Jane Austen.’

it is less appropriate than the current image. Frankensteenie (talk) 04:57, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Ah, ok. Forgive me for my lack of research Vampires.ut0pia (talk) 17:21, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

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Remove from "Genre and Style"

Samuel Johnson's influence is evident, in that she follows his advice to write "a representation of life as may excite mirth".[149]

Add new section "Influences"

According to Todd [ref, 20], though Austen found her own unique and superior voice, both F. R. Leavis and Ian Watt saw aspects of her use of interiority and irony, realism and satire in the works of Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding. Todd notes that Henry Austen has written that his sister hugely admired Richardson, especially his novel The History of Sir Charles Grandison.

In Austen's humour, Samuel Johnson's influence is evident, in that she follows his advice to write "a representation of life as may excite mirth".[149]. Austen apologised to her sister over a scatterbrained letter: "like my dear Dr Johnson I believe I have dealt more in Notions than Facts".[ref, 20] Austen's use of satire and idiosyncratic speech may have also been informed by Frances Burney, as they both enjoyed collecting jargon and habits of speech [ref,30]

Austen's gothic works, particularly her use of suspense which keeps the reader waiting and guessing, may have been inspired by Ann Radcliffe. This has been noted in the narrative style of Northanger Abbey.[ref,24]

Reference (ref)

Todd, Janet. The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-107-49470-1. <- Existing reference in the article's list

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hicburp (talk • contribs) 21:18, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

@Hicburp, you'll need to provide more details for the references, as well as proposed text. Schazjmd (talk) 21:23, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Along with being unclear, use a change "X" to "Y" format. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 21:25, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

ok this has been done and the proposed text is above. Hicburp (talk) 17:01, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: according to the page's protection level, you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Day Creature (talk) 16:17, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

OK, will do ! Hicburp (talk) 17:03, 8 January 2026 (UTC)