Jane Austen was born in 1775 in Hampshire, England. She came from a family of clergymen and lived the first 25 years of her life in Steventon Parsonage. Though she never married, Austen began writing at a young age and published six novels during her lifetime, including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. Austen drew inspiration from her family, personal experiences, and Regency-era English society in her works, which are known for their wit and social commentary. She lived a quiet life and died in Winchester in 1817 at the age of 41.

1. Jane Austen
JENNY LITTLEFORD
AP LANGUAGE PERIOD 5

2. Jane Austen’s Life
 Born December 16, 1775
 Seventh of eight children, one of
two daughters
 Father: Reverend George Austen
 Erudite country rector of Stevenson
 Mother: Cassandra nee Leigh
 Descendent from an aristocratic
line of learned clergymen
 Family was not wealthy but lived a
comfortable, respectable life
(gentry)
 Never married (short engagement
1802)
 She began writing at twelve years
old
 Lived in the Parsonage House of
Steventon, Hampshire for the first 25
years of her life.
 1801 moved to Bath
 1805 father dies
 Several years later settles in
Chawton Cauttage
 1817 health declined (taken to
Winchester for medical aid)
 Died July 18, 1817 from either
Addison’s disease or lymphoma
 Buried in Winchester Cathedral

3. Austen’s Works  Sense and Sensibility written 1811
 Pride and Prejudice written 1813
 Mansfield Park written 1814
 Emma written 1815
 Persuasion and Northanger Abby
were both written in 1811 but
published after her death by her
brother Henry
 Austen’s works were all originally
published unanimously

4. Influences
 She lived during much political
unrest but was not influenced
by it
 Family
 Personal experiences
 Society’s narrow mindedness

5. What I Expect
 Logical analysis
 Romance
 Comedy
 overall enjoyment

6. Works Cited
 INFO
 Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York:
Barns & Noble Books, 2003. Book.
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 "Jane Austen Books." Jane Austen Books.
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 PHOTOS
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austen/>.
 "The Literary Climate." The Literary Climate.
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 "Edison's Optics: Space: 1889 for Prism."
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<http://www.rpglibrary.org/systems/prism/s1-
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 "2013 Assent Publishing "GREAT ROMANCE"
Contest | Breathless Books." Breathless
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