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Austen, Jane (1775–1817) British novelist whose domestic satires of 19th-century British gentry with their witty and astute depictions of human nature are literary classics, which continue in print and in film, enthralling modern readers. Name variations: Jennie. Pronunciation: AWsten. Born Jane Austen on December 16, 1775, in the village of ...
Jane Austen was born into the rural professional middle class. Her father, George Austen (1731-1805), was a country clergyman at Steventon, a small village in the southern English county of Hampshire. He had risen by merit from a Kentish family in trade and the lower professions.
Mar 11, 2018 · Here, from Memoir of Jane Austen (second edition, 1871) by her nephew, James Edward Austen Leigh, is a description of Jane’s family life: “Her father, George Austen, was rector of Deane and Steventon. He was married in 1764 to her mother, Cassandra. Jane was the youngest of seven children.
1904 Errata appended. AUSTEN, JANE (1775–1817), novelist, was born at Steventon, near Basingstoke, 16 Dec. 1775. Her father, George Austen, was rector of Deane and Steventon. He was married in 1764 to her mother, Cassandra, youngest daughter of the Rev. Thos. Leigh, and niece of Theophilus Leigh, for more than fifty years master of Balliol.
Jane Austen was born in 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire of middle-class parents. George Austen, her father, was an Oxford graduate without personal fortune. He supplemented his income as rector of Steventon by taking pupils, alongside whom he would teach his own children. As the seventh child in the family, Jane was educated in part by her older ...
May 3, 2023 · Her father, George Austen, was a clergyman who served as the rector of Steventon, a small village in Hampshire. Her mother, Cassandra Leigh, was from a prominent family but had little wealth of her own. Austen was the second-youngest of six brothers and one sister, and she was particularly close to her older sister, Cassandra.
Mar 8, 2024 · Geoffrey Chaucer is known as the “Father of English Literature”. He was a medieval English poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, and diplomat. He was born around 1343 in London. Chaucer’s life coincided with a period of significant social, political, and cultural upheaval in England. His literary contributions, particularly “The Canterbury ...
