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Jane Austen ( / ˈɒstɪn, ˈɔːstɪn / OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
Captain Harville and Mrs. Harville. Friends of Captain Wentworth, this couple resides in Lyme and kindly cares for Louisa after her fall. Next section Anne Elliot. A list of all the characters in Persuasion. Persuasion characters include: Anne Elliot, Sir Walter Elliot, Captain Frederick Wentworth.
George Austen was the only son of William Austen (1701–1737), a surgeon of Tonbridge, Kent, and Rebecca, daughter of the Gloucester physician Sir George Hampson, bt, who died in 1733. When William Austen died less than five years later, the responsibility for George and his sisters Philadelphia (1730–1792) and Leonora (1732–1783) was ...
May 13, 2024 · Jane Austen (born December 16, 1775, Steventon, Hampshire, England—died July 18, 1817, Winchester, Hampshire) was an English writer who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life.
Birth and Family Life. Jane Austen came into the world on December 16th, 1775. Born to Reverend George Austen of the Steventon rectory and Cassandra Austen of the Leigh family. She was to be their seventh child and only the second daughter to the couple.
Austen, who died on July 18, 1817, at 41, is known for her six completed novels, among them the highly adapted Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Originally published anonymously, the ...
Over the course of less than a decade of her tragically short life, Jane Austen changed the literary world forever. Here’s our guide and timeline to all of Austen’s major published works in...
