Jane Austen, Trendsetter
An article in the Telegraph discussing the history of buzzwords credits Jane Austen with creating one for Regency England:
Jane Austen and her novel Pride and Prejudice provided the great buzz idea of 1813. The “Elizabeth Bennet type” was referred to in much the same way as people today talk of Bridget Jones. Articles appeared in ladies’ journals about, “The growing Elizabeth Bennet problem in our towns and cities”.
The AustenBlog Central Research Team was able to find several of the abovementioned articles, mostly written by a Lady C. de Bourgh, or a Miss C. Bingley. The names sound strikingly familiar . . .
