Jane Austen's Life By theavanb Dec 16, 1775 Birth Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon rectory and publicly baptised on 5 April 1776. Period: Dec 16, 1775 to Jul 18, 1817 Jane Austen's Life Oct 1, 1811 Wrote Sense and Sensibility Through her brother Henry, the publisher Thomas Egerton agreed to publish Sense and Sensibility,[D] which appeared in October 1811. Reviews were favourable and the novel became fashionable among opinion-makers;[78] the edition sold out by mid-1813 Jan 21, 1813 Wrote Pride and Prejudice Egerton then published Pride and Prejudice, a revision of First Impressions, in January 1813. He advertised the book widely and it was an immediate success, garnering three favourable reviews and selling well. May 1, 1814 Wrote Mansfield Park Mansfield Park was published by Egerton in May 1814. While Mansfield Park was ignored by reviewers, it was a great success with the public. All copies were sold within six months, and Austen's earnings on this novel were larger than for any of her other novels. Jul 18, 1817 Death Early in 1816, Austen began to feel unwell. She ignored her illness at first and continued to work and to participate in the usual round of family activities. By the middle of that year, her decline was unmistakable to Austen and to her family, and Austen's physical condition began a long, slow, and irregular deterioration culminating in her death the following year.
