Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born in British Hampshire and only fifteen years old when she
started writing her first novel Love & Friendship. Shortly after that she began working on a
few of her novels that came to be her most famous ones: Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice
Mansfield Park and Emma. All of her works are set in the British aristocracy and Austen uses
humor and irony to describe different situations from everyday life. More commonly Austen
writes with a note of criticism towards the social conventions and rituals of the aristocracy
that inhibit the characters - first and foremost the women - in their pursuit to find love and
happiness. The conception and design behind our bookends stem from Swedish renowned industrial
designer Jan Landqvist and are made in the small town of Gnosjö in the south of Sweden.
