Biography

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire England, and died on July 18, 1817. She was the second daughter and seventh child in a family of eight. Her father was an educated man who encouraged the love of learning into his children. Her mother was known for all the stories and verses she told. Austen's relationship with her family had a large effect on the context of her writing (Jane Austen Novels, Fan Fiction and More).
The earliest know writing from Austen was reported in about 1787 and continues through 1793. She wrote a large collection including plays, verses, short novels, and other proses. Her best known novels were Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Persuasion (Jane Austen Novels, Fan Fiction and More).
In 1802, Austen agreed to marry Harris Bigg-Wither, a 21 year-old heir of a Hampshire family. She then changed her mind the next morning. There are a number of other stories connecting her to someone who died soon after she fell in love. Austen's novels are focused deeply on love and marriage. It is a wonder who they are about. From her novels, you can understand she was once a woman who found love but also experienced the disappointment it can have (Jane Austen).
In her last 18 months, she was busy writing. Her fatal illness occurred around early 1816. Austen believed she suffered from bile, but the symptoms make possible for a case in a modern clinical assessment that she was suffering from Addison's disease. She then died in Winchester on July 18, 1817 and was buried six days later in Winchester Cathedral (Jane Austen).

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