This thesis will examine Jane Austen’s novels in an attempt to explore, compare and contrast the figure of a gentleman throughout her works, and prove how these male characters are equally important in the whole sociological construction of Jane Austen’s novels rather than just a merely reflection on the female character. Also, with this thesis, I will demonstrate that Austen’s novels are indeed a source of important voices in the history of social and literary masculinities. These constructions of masculinities and their development throughout her writing career reflect changes in the social and literary masculinities that dominated the English public domain throughout the Romantic period, the same Romantic period that was characterized by a complex and highly politicized debate on desirable and undesirable masculinities, were culturally reinforced through different literary genres.