Wonder Woman of the Week: Jane Austen

After the end of the Age of Piracy, there were few escapes from the dull everyday lives allotted for women in pre-Industrial England. This week's Wonder Woman however used her skill as a writer as an escape from the mundane and her works detailing the fictional lives of women in 18th Century England survive today as some of the finest examples of English literature. Jane Austen is best remembered by her six published works with her four most famous being Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma.

Austen received little praise during her era, even going so far as to publish most of her work anonymously due the backlash against women writers in England. Instead, Jane's work did not gain notoriety until after her death- receiving her fame and respect posthumously. This came largely as part of the industrialization of England when novels became subject to printing in series through magazines. During industrial England, Jane Austen's books hit the wide audience of the British Empire.

Even moreso than the industrial era, Austen's works reached their peak of success with the era of Hollywood- during which Jane Austen's works hit the silver screen through film adaptations of her works. Several films and television series today are either based on or inspired by Austen's several books. Few women were able to earn fame of their own during the Georgian Era (predecessor of the Victorian Era) in England, but thanks to her skill at writing and her talent for composing works satirizing the daily lives of women in 18th Century England; Jane Austen would go on to become one of the most read writers of English literature.