Have you heard of the English novelist, Jane Austen? 
The name is familiar, I'm sure I've heard of it but her work escapes me.
Jane Austen was famous for writing about British landed gentry in the late 18th century. 
OK I see what you mean, she did the Pride & the Prejudice, which I have heard of but not seen. She has many notable works.
That is correct. Jane Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice in 1813. She also wrote Mansfield Park, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility.
I've heard that some of her plots explore women's position in society at those times. Including dependence on marriage for economic security.
titled "Sanditon", but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, a short epistolary novel "Lady Susan", and another unfinished novel, "The Watsons". Her six full-length novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her moderate success and little fame during her lifetime.
A significant transition in her posthumous reputation occurred in 1833, when her novels were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series, illustrated by Ferdinand
Jane Austen
Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting