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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Jane-AustenJane Austen | Biography, Books, Movies, & Facts | Britannica

    1 day ago · 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. She published four novels during her lifetime: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice ...

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  2. www.chipublib.org › jane-austen-biographyJane Austen Biography | Chicago Public Library

    Apr 15, 2024 · Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire on December 16, 1775 and grew up in a tight-knit family. She was the seventh of eight children, with six brothers and one sister. Her parents, George Austen and Cassandra Leigh, were married in 1764. Her father was an orphan but with the help of a rich uncle he attended school and was ordained by the ...

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    Apr 16, 2024 · Austen lived in Steventon, Hampshire until 1801, when she was 25. She moved with her mother, father, and sister to Bath, where they lived until George Austen passed away four years later. Each unable to own property during this period were forced into an unstable lifestyle of constant moving between the houses of family members.

  5. janeaustensworld.com › category › jane-austens-familyJane Austen’s family | Jane Austen's World

    Apr 8, 2024 · April Dates of Importance. This brings us now to several dates that would have been important to Austen personally and to the Austen family as a whole: Family News: 26 April 1764: Rev. George Austen marries Cassandra Leigh. 23 April 1774: Francis (Frank) Austen (Jane’s brother) born at Steventon.

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  7. www.goodreads.com › quotes › 413403Quote by Jane Austen: “...that the Musgroves had had the ill ...

    Apr 12, 2024 · Apr 06, 2016 12:28AM. Juliana. 1,067 books. view quotes. Mar 31, 2016 03:54PM. « previous 1 2 next ». Jane Austen — ‘...that the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son; and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his ...

  8. janeaustenquickstepguide.com › family-edwardEight Little Known Things About Edward Austen - Jane Austen ...

    Apr 7, 2024 · Born 7 October 1767 – Died 19 November 1852. Edward Austen died peacefully at his Godmersham home at the age of eighty-five and is buried beside his wife in Godmersham Church. One could say that Edward Austen had been lucky in life. Although his birth year is often reported as 1768, he was actually born the previous year on 7 October 1767 as ...

  9. britishheritage.com › history › life-times-jane-austenThe life and times of Jane Austen - British Heritage Travel

    Apr 16, 2024 · Bath, where Jane's family moved after her father's retirement in 1801, provided Austen with a different view of 19th-century social customs. Although her family's social standing did not enable her to travel in the most elite circles, she was a frequent visitor to Assembly Room events and made regular trips to the Pump Room, another of the city's centres of social life.