Jane+Austen

Picture 1 Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in Hampshire. Her parents were Cassandra Leigh and George Austen. Jane had seven other brothers and sisters and she grew up in a religious household with a father who was a clergyman. Jane was a very educated individual who was taught at home (Jane Austen (1775-1817).
 * Jane Austen's B﻿iography **

During Jane’s entire life, she never lived away from her family. Jane’s early years of development were spent in the church rectory at a place called Steventon. It was there where she began to write for personal entertainment. She had the full support of her family who encouraged her to write. Jane had a wonderful childhood growing up and she was very happy and very close to her older sister Cassandra. Jane and her other siblings would spend hours writing and performing plays for fun. Jane would read books from her father’s library and they provided ideas for the short stories she would write as a girl (About Jane Austen).

Jane was a strong believer of “family” and its importance. She used her own life experiences to write about. She would sit back and observe the things happening in her family and friends daily life and write about them. All of her writing was based solely around her observations.

Picture 2 In addition to writing, Jane also enjoyed dancing and attending balls and she never let any one of these interfere with her domestic responsibilities at home. Jane and her sister were considered to be old maids by the time they were twenty-five and twenty-six because they had not yet married and were still living at home. Jane ultimately never married and she never left home. She would go on short visits but that was the extent of her leaves. Jane spent her first twenty-five years in Hampshire and when her father retired in 1801, she moved with her parents to Bath. Jane spent the next four years unhappy and disliking the environment of a busy town to the extent she wrote nothing for the next ten years. This was difficult for Jane because she missed her life in Steventon. Jane’s father died four years later at the age of 70. Jane, her mother, and her sister found it financially difficult to survive and as a result, had to call on the help of her sibling brothers. During Jane’s stay in Bath, Jane also fell in love with a young man who died which deeply upset Jane. Later Jane accepted a proposal of marriage from a wealthy landowner gentleman but changed her mind and never followed through with the marriage. Jane, her mother and her sister all moved to Southampton and then back to Hampshire in 1809. Eight years later, Jane took her last breath on July 18, 1817 in Winchester where her body lays to rest today at the Cathedral (About Jane Austen).

Possibly as early as 1787, Jane Austen began to write stories, poems, and plays for her and her family’s enjoyment. The writings include topics such as love, friendship, and people. Twenty-nine of the writings were collected and made into three notebooks which are now called Juvenilia. Jane's actual first novel is called Susan (posthumously published as Northanger Abbey) which was published in London in 1803 (Kunitz). Next, Austen revised an early manuscript called Sense and Sensibility and was published in 1811 anonymously. Originally called Elinor and Marianne, this was a first version which she read this novel to her family as a series of letters. Sense and Sensibility was about two sisters dealing with their fathers’ death while trying to find love.
 * Jane Austen's Novels **

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After //Sense and Sensibility//, Austen wrote //First Impressions//, the first version of //Pride and Prejudice// which was published in 1813. //Pride and Prejudice// is about a young lady dealing with issues of manners, education and marriage. Upon completing //Pride and Prejudice//, Jane Austen moved on to write //Mansfield Park// (published in 1814), //Emma// (published in 1815), and //Persuasion// (published posthumously with //Northanger Abby// in 1817) (Kunitz).

Austen worked on her last book in 1817 called //Sandition// before she died. The novel is also known as //Sand and Sandition// which describes a town where the people have to create a town within their own circle of intimate acquaintances before it may be spread to the world (Sanditon).

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For a summary of her works the order are as follows: 1. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Juvenilia // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">2. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"> Susan // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">3. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Sense and Sensibility // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">4. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Pride and Prejudice // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">5. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"> Mansfield Park // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">6. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"> Emma // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">7. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"> Persuasion // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">8. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"> Sandition //

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Jane Austen Trivia!!! By: Nena Manuel and Tatiana Bell <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">1. What was Jane Austen's first published book? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">2. Where is Jane Austen from? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">3. When did Jane Austen die? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">4. How many siblings did Jane Austen have? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">5. When did Jane Austen start writing? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">6. True or false? Jane Austen was the first born to her parents. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">7. What was her favorite sisters name? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">8. What was Jane's Austen's last book she wrote before she died? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">9. (Trick question-wink wink!) What was Jane Austen's favorite thing to do? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">10. True or false? Jane Austen was married to a man named Biliam Nigel.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Check out how you did on the trivia below!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Trivia answers: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Susan <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">2. Hampshire <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">3. 1817 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">4. Seven <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">5. Possibly as early as 1787 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">6. False <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">7. Cassandra <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">8. Sandition <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">9. Write <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">10. False

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Picture 1) About Jane Austen - her life & her novels. N.p., 4 Sept. 2004. Web. 23 Feb. 2011.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Picture 2) Jane Austen (1775-1817) A Brief Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2011.

"Sanditon ." //eNotes.com Reference//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.

Kunitz, Stanley. "Jane Austen ." //World History: The Modern Era//. ABC-CLIO , 2011. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Biographical Notice of the Author, by Henry Austen, appearing in the first edition of Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, printed 1817. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">//[]//

//Jane Austen's World Website// //[]// //(//Picture 3) //Sense and Sensibility// Book Cover Picture: []

(Picture 4) //Sanditon, Lady Susan, and The Watsons// Book Cover: []