Jane Austen was an English writer born at Steventon, Hampshire, England, on December 16, 1775.
Her Father was the the Rev. George Austen, (Church of England clergyman).
Her Mother was Cassandra.
Jane Austen was one of eight children.
Jane was briefly taught by a Mrs. Cawley in 1783.
Then in 1785, Jane and her sister Cassandra, attended the Abbey boarding school in "Reading".
From 1787 to 1793, Jane wrote her Juvenilia.
Jane dedicated most of the pieces to her relatives and family friends.
In 1797, Janes Father offered First Impressions/Pride and Prejudice to a publisher.
The publisher declined to even read the manuscript.
In late 1800 her father decided to retire to Bath.
The Austen family moved there the next year.
Jane Austen sold "Northanger Abbey" (then titled Susan) to a publisher in 1803.
Jane was paid the amount of £10.
Then in January, 1805, her father died.
In 1806, the Austen family moved from Bath to Clifton, then to Southampton.
They moved again in 1809 to Chawton.
Jane revised "Sense and Sensibility".
It was accepted by a publisher for publication at her own risk.
It appeared anonymously ("By a Lady") in October 1811,
The first edition eventually returned Jane Austen a profit of £140.
Jane then revised "First Impressions", a.k.a. "Pride and Prejudice".
She sold it in November 1812.
Jane Austen later got the title for "Pride and Prejudice" from a phrase in Burney's "Cecilia".
Jane sold the copyright of "Pride and Prejudice" for only £110.
"Mansfield Park" appeared in May 1814, and was sold out in six months.
Then in December 1815, "Emma" appeared.
It was dedicated to the Prince Regent
Jane started on Persuasion in August, 1815, and completed it in August, 1816.
Jane moved to Winchester for medical treatment.
Jane Austen died there on Friday, July 18th, 1817.
There is a coloured sketch Of Jane on display in the National Portrait Gallery.
The Sketch was done by her sister, Cassandra.
Jane Austen was buried in Winchester Cathedral, July 24th, 1817.
The inscription on her grave:
In memory of
JANE AUSTEN,
youngest daughter of the late
Revd. GEORGE AUSTEN,
formerly Rector of Steventon in this County.
She departed this Life on the 18th July 1817,
aged 41, after a long illness supported with
the patience and the hopes of a Christian.
The benevolence of her heart,
the sweetness of her temper, and
the extraordinary endowments of her mind
obtained the regard of all who knew her, and
the warmest love of her intimate connections.
Their grief is in proportion to their affection
they know their loss to be irreparable,
but in the deepest affliction they are consoled
by a firm though humble hope that her charity,
devotion, faith and purity have rendered
her soul acceptable in the sight of her
REDEEMER.
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