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     Jane was born on December the 16th of 1775 at the Steventon Rectory. Her father was a clergyman who also welcomed several young boys in his home to prepare them for college. She lived a relatively happy childhood surrounded by her  6 brothers and  her sister Cassandra.

   

     She was sent to study in a girl' s school at Oxford and then in Readings..Her family, above all  her father always recognized her talent in writing ( they had a goob library) and supported  her when she set to be published.

  

     At the death of her father in 1805, she had to move a lot because she was dependent of the good will of her brothers.  Nonetheless, she still  succeeded in writing  her major novels which were all published  in less than a decade ( from 1811 to 1818).

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    She died the 18th of July 1816 , aged  42.

 

Among the cities where she lived , we can note:

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• Bath ( 1798 to 1804)

• Southampton ( july to october 1806)

• Chawton ( 1808 to 1813 then from 1815 to 1816)

• London ( 1813 to 1816)

• Winchester ( 1816 to her death)

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To know more about her life, we recommend you  Jane Austen : a brief life by Fiona Stafford ( Yale University press, 2017)

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