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Main life events of Jane Austen

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  • Birth

    Birth

    Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hamphsire.
  • Mrs. Crawley's boarding school

    Mrs. Crawley's boarding school

    Jane (age 7) and her older sister Casandra leave for Mrs.Craqley's boarding school in Oxford to attend formal education.
  • Starts writing

    Starts writing

    At age 11, Jane starts writing her first short stories and poems.

  • Brief romance with Tom Lefroy

  • Moving from Stevenson to Bath

    Moving from Stevenson to Bath

    Jane and her family move to Bath

  • Marriage offer from Harris Bigg-Wither

    Jane accepts his offer of marriage but the next day she changes her mind and declines the proposal

  • Jane's father dies

    Jane, her sister and her mother are left poor and start depending on their brothers for support
  • Moving to Southampton

    Moving to Southampton

    Jane, her sister Cassandra and their mother move to Southampton to live with their brother and his wife.
  • Publishing of Sense and Sensibility

    Publishing of Sense and Sensibility

    The book is published but it does not have her name on it, it only says 'by a Lady'
  • Pride and Prejudice is published

    Pride and Prejudice is published

    Again, no name just 'by the author of Sense and Sensibility'
  • Her novel Emma is published

    Her novel Emma is published

  • Illness

    Jane becomes ill but continues to write.

  • Jane's illness confines her to bed

    She moves to Winchester with her sister Cassandra to get medical treatment for her illness
  • Death

    Death

    Jane dies at 41 years old and she is buried in Winchester Cathedral.