Jane Austen: Her Life And Work
Jane Austen had many influences in her life that led to the
material written in her books. All of Austen's books "focus on young women
in their path to marriage." (Southam, pg. 2) Jane Austen wrote on life as
she knew and events that could have or did influence her.
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in Sevington, Hampshire,
located in England. Her father was a Reverend for the church, while her
mother was born in to an "aristocratic family." (Tucker, pg. 6) Jane was
the seventh of eight children. Her five older brothers, James (1765),
George (1766), Edward (1768), Henry (1771), and Francis (1774) all became
well known men of their time, with good connections, which was ...
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nights together.
They played "charades around a candle-lit table. After the game, the girls
sewed or embroidered while the boys read aloud." (Wright, pg. 7)
Jane and Cassandra spent their whole life together, from birth till
Austen's death, where Jane died "with her head pillowed on Cassandra's
shoulder." (Wright, pg. 11) At age 7 , Cassandra and Jane "sent to a small
school run by a relative. (Wright, pg.7) They didn't stay there long
because Mrs. Cawley, the teacher and relative, moved away to Southampton.
(Wright, pg. 11) Soon after Jane left Mrs. Cawleys school, she caught a
horrible fever. It was called " putrid throat, a septic throat
characteristic of typhus fever." (Howard, pg. 14) This fever almost killed
Jane and Cassandra both. (Wright, pg. 7) This happened in 1792. (Wright,
pg. 7) In 1797, Jane and Cassandra were sent to Mrs. Latournelle's Abbey
School of Reading. They spent two years at this school to learn how to be
"a lady". (Wright, pg. 7) After that, Jane ...
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no means of support since Jane's father died. As we can see in the
Jane Austen books, women didn't really work. The men were the full means
of support in the family. That's why it was so important for the parents
to marry off their daughters. In 1817, Jane moved one final time to
Winchester because of her "ill health". (Tucker, pg. 6) It was here that
Jane died from Addison's disease on July 18, 1817 at 4:30 am. ( Southam,
pg. 13) Jane's "last wishes were ‘I want nothing but death,' because she
was in so much pain." (Southam, pg. 13)
Jane spent her whole life concentrating on her friends and family,
just like the women in her books. She never married and never ...
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