The author Jane Austen is a famous writer who has written other books like Emma, Mansfield Park, and Sense and Sensibility. There have been many film adaptions of her books and many movies that have been about Jane Austen. The purpose of Jane Austen writing this book is to show the depth of romance and real problems like Shakespeare did with Romeo and Juliet, Taming With the Shrew and others. I can tell from the 12 pg. introduction she did where Carol Howard tells about Jane's purpose and how she compares that to the life she lived while writing the book.
Another purpose that Howard states in the book is,
She became, whether she wished it or not, a professional writer in an age when the market in novels by women and for women was already well established. (xxi)
Jane Austen was modest and wrote more to relate to the audience and not to share her personal experiences or any thing about her life. She did not let her feelings come to the public and kept her life a total secret. However, her books are everywhere whether on a shelf in a library or in the hands of high school students. Jane Austen's work will always be known whether it is being read or seen in a film; she is a great writer and a great symbol for women writers.
You started out with a good intoduction but then you kind of stopped giving the details of the story. My suggestion for that is to provide more information on the relationships and such. For example: Does Elizabeth like Mr. Dancy? What role does the other three sisters play? Why does Elizabeth not like to socialize with others? Another thing is that it seems like you are writing about the prompt that compares the author to other books that she had written previously. I think you should also provide more descriptions regarding those books since people may not have necessarily read books from the author. Moreover, you write about the author's purpose in writing this book, but it still kind of seems unclear since you do not directly address the purpose.
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