Have you ever read any of Jane Austen's books?
Yes I have. I especially like her critique of the 18th century society and literature. 
I agree. She was a fascinating and perceptive woman. Well ahead of her time.
has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English. Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English, and has achieved national epic status in England, despite being set in Scandinavia. However, following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language became less common. Under the influence of the new aristocracy,
. She later returned the books, recommending they be burnt and saying, "Is  it not a very odd thing that I, an old woman of eighty and upwards, sitting alone, feel myself ashamed to read a book which, sixty years ago, I have heard read aloud for the amusement of large circles, consisting of the first and most creditable society in London."
In Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park" (1814), Sir Thomas Bertram gives expression to social anti-theatrical views. Returning