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Birth of Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, on 16 December 1775. She is the daughter of George Austen and Cassandra Leigh. She was born a month later than her parents expected, her father added that her arrival was particularly welcome as "a future companion to her sister". The winter of 1776 was particularly harsh and it was not until 5 April that she was baptised at the local church with the single name Jane. -
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Jane Austen and her little appreciation
During his life, his novels brought little personal fame to Austen. Like many women authors, she decided to publish anonymously and it was only among members of the aristocracy that her authorship was an open secret. When Austen's books were published, they were considered modern by high society members but received few positive reviews. By the mid-19th century, his novels were admired by members of the literary elite, who viewed the appreciation of his works as a mark of culture. -
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Jane Austen Education
In 1783, Austen and her sister Cassandra were sent to Oxford to be educated. In the autumn both girls were sent home when they caught typhus. Austen was from then home educated, until she attended boarding school in Reading with her sister from early in 1785 at the Reading Abbey Girls' School. The sisters returned home before December 1786 because of the poverty of the Austen family. The remainder of her education came from reading, guided by her father and brothers James and Henry. -
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Jane with the love
Her sister Cassandra became a wife, although Jane never married but never fell in love 3 years later, during the winter of 1795, but not with better luck. Tom Lefroy fell in love, a young Irish law student who spent that season with his relatives the Lefroys of Ashe. Cassandra was absent and judging from the letters she received from Jane, her sister was excited about the boy. Although everything ended when the boy returned to London and he was not seen again in the neighborhood. -
Jane Austen and the child
Although she never became a mother, she was an aunt: James Edward Austen-Leigh son of her older brother James Austen, Fanny-Catherine Austen-Knight daughter of Edward Austen Knight, Jane-Anna-Elizabeth Austen daughter of James Austen, among others. -
Jane Austen and the fame
Jane Austen is known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike -
Jane Austen against her illness
In the middle of that 1816, its decline was unmistakable and began a slow and irregular deterioration. Most biographers list it as Addison's disease, although its final disease has also been described as a result of Hodgkin lymphoma. She left her pen on March 18, 1817. She had difficulty walking and lacked energy; In mid-April she was confined to bed. In May, she was brought to Winchester for treatment, at which point she suffered agonizing pain and was grateful for death. -
The dead of Jane Austen
After Jane ignored the warning signs, Austen died in Winchester on July 18, 1817 at the age of 41. Henry, through his clerical connections, arranged for his sister to be buried in the north aisle of the nave of Winchester Cathedral. The epitaph composed by her brother James praises Austen's personal qualities, expresses hope for her salvation, and mentions the "extraordinary gifts of her mind", but does not explicitly mention her achievements as a writer. -
The things I like about Jane Austen
I like Jane Austen's way of writing and her way of making you immerse yourself in her stories with her great narrative and her modern for her time way of thinking and also behaving, in addition to the interesting plots and well-built characters that creates.
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