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Visit Jane Austen's House - the Hampshire cottage at which Jane Austen lived and penned her novels, including the timeless Pride and Prejudice. The Austens were a large, clever, affectionate family. Jane herself was one of eight siblings, and aunt to over thirty nieces and nephews.
Jun 20, 2010 · George Austen presents his son Edward to the Knights, who adopted him. This was a common practice in that era. Image from Chawton House. Rev. Austen, a doting father to all his children, encouraged Cassandra and Jane to read from his extensive library, and taught his boys in his boarding school.
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May 23, 2013 · Jane Austen’s Britain: A traveler haunts her haunts. By Zofia Smardz. May 23, 2013 at 7:19 p.m. EDT. Steventon Church, or St. Nicholas Church, where Jane Austen’s father, the Rev. George...
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Jane Austen's parents, George (1731–1805), an Anglican rector, and his wife Cassandra (1739–1827), were members of the landed gentry. George was descended from wool manufacturers who had risen to the lower ranks of the gentry, [2] [3] and Cassandra was a member of the Leigh family of Adlestrop and Longborough , with connections to the ...
Aug 1, 2012 · Reverend George Austen. As many Jane Austen fans know, Rev. George Austen ran a boarding school out of his parsonage house in Steventon to augment his £230 pr year income. In1793 he began to teach the sons of local gentlemen in his home to prepare them for university.
Visit Jane Austen's House - the Hampshire cottage at which Jane Austen lived and penned her novels, including the timeless Pride and Prejudice. A pair of silhouettes, showing Reverent George Austen and Mrs Cassandra (Leigh) Austen, parents of Jane Austen.
As many Jane Austen fans know, Rev. George Austen ran a boarding school out of his parsonage house in Steventon to augment his £230 pr year income. In1793 he began to teach the sons of local gentlemen in his home to prepare them for university.
