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Jane Austen

  • Birth

    Birth
    Jane Austen was born in Hampshire, England
  • Education

    Education
    She moved back with her family after spending some time at boarding school. Then, she was home schooled by her family.
  • Love life

    Austen met Tom LeFroy, an Irish law student, with whom she fell in love. However, they never married since he became engaged
  • "Sense and Sensibility"

    "Sense and Sensibility"
    "Sense and Sensibility", one of her major works, was published. She signed the novel as "A Lady".
    Summary and analysis
  • "Pride and Prejudice"

    "Pride and Prejudice"
    "Pride and Prejudice" was published. The work was signed by "The author of Sense and Sensibility"
  • Death

    Austen dies at the age of 41. Her brother published some of her works posthumously and identified Jane as the author of her previous novels.