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Cassandra Austen's drawing of Mary, Queen of Scots, from her sister Jane's manuscript The History of England. Austen was born in 1773 at a rectory in Steventon, Hampshire, to The Reverend George Austen (1731–1805), a rector, and his wife Cassandra, née Leigh (1739–1827). There were eight Austen children; as Cassandra and Jane were the only ...
Cassandra Austen. 1773 – 1845. Cassandra was three years older than her sister Jane, and the two were best friends all their lives. Cassandra was pretty, practical and sensible, and although she is often pictured as the more solemn of the two sisters, Jane at least thought she was extremely funny. In a letter from 1796 she wrote:
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Mar 24, 2018 · Like most of her siblings, Cassandra lived into old age. Ten years after the death of her sister, Cassandra lost her mother. Shortly after this, their close friend, Martha Lloyd, who had been living in Chawton Cottage also, moved out in order to marry Cassandra’s younger brother Frank. From this point, Cassandra lived alone in Chawton Cottage.
Jul 16, 2011 · In 1827 Mrs. Cassandra Austen, the girls’ mother, died and was buried in the Chawton cemetery. Soon thereafter (in about 1828) Martha Lloyd also left the household, this time to marry Cassandra’s younger brother Frank, then Admiral Sir Francis Austen. Cassandra continued living alone until her death at the age of 72, in 1845.
Jan 14, 2008 · The Death of a Fiancee in Persuasion and the Constant Heart. January 14, 2008 by Vic. In 1795 Cassandra Austen became engaged to Reverend Thomas Fowle, a man eight years her senior. He had been one of her father’s pupils and had known her since she was six years old. The engagement remained a secret, for although Tom’s cousin, Lord Craven ...
May 1, 2020 · May 1, 2020. While her younger sister is still known and loved the world over for her writing, Cassandra Austen—the first-born daughter, and therefore the Miss Austen to their contemporaries—is known, if at all, for one thing. In the last years of her life, she sifted through all the many hundreds of letters she had received from her ...
Jul 16, 2011 · Tom Fowle, Cassandra Austen's fiance, dies. 1797. In the year 1797, Jane Austen’s beloved sister Cassandra became engaged to a former pupil of her father’s at Steventon, Thomas Craven Fowle of Allington. He was a student at Steventon as early as 1779, when Cassandra was only six years old, suggesting that Tom was several years older than ...
