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2 days ago · The novelist Jane Austen lived at Steventon for the first twentyfive years of her life (1775–1800), her father, the Rev. George Austen, being rector of Steventon for over forty years, and it was here that she wrote Pride and Prejudice, 1796–7 and Northanger Abbey, 1798.
3 days ago · Hence, in his mid nineteenth-century biography of John Pearson, the canon of York Edward Churton was eager to dispel the notion that Pearson—who by his own admission often preached around London in the 1650s—had ‘complied in any way with the times’. 114 Churton pointed out by way of mitigation that Pearson had only been a lecturer at St ...
3 days ago · The only dates in this quiz are the ones I'll give you in the answers! So - do you know the details of JA's life? I hope you enjoy this first in a series of biography questions on Jane Austen.
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3 days ago · George Austen (1731–1805), served as the rector of the Anglican parishes at Steventon and at nearby Deane. He came from an old and wealthy family of wool merchants. As each generation of eldest sons received inheritances, the wealth was divided, and George's branch of the family fell into poverty.
3 days ago · The materials were stone from Cornbury Park, Stonesfield slates, and imported timber from London; the principal mason was John Hooper, the supervisor George Austen, the duke's foreman, and the building cost over £1,100.
1 day ago · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day.
3 days ago · An overview of Jane Austen’s world and her work. Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (WC) (RE) Prerequisite(s): 102, 118, 132, 290, or 298.
