ABSTRACT

Jane Austen wrote six major novels in her short life. They deal

with domestic drama in middle-class families.

2. Read the following paragraph and complete the table.

Jenkins (1987) has researched the life cycle of new businesses. He found that they have an average life of only 4.7 years. This is due to two main reasons; one economic and one social. The former appears to be a lack of capital, the latter a failure to carry out sufficient market research. Jenkins considers that together these account for approximately 70% of business failures.