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Jane Austen was born in Steventon, England to George and Cassandra Austen. She was the second out of seven children.
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It is thought that around this time Jane started writing short stories and poems. Later, these are referred to as her "Juvenilia."
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During this time, Austen wrote the original versions of Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility
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Jane Austen moves with her family to Bath, England
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After the death of her father in 1805, Jane Austen eventually moved with her mother and sisters to Chawton, England. There, she revisited Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
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Sense and Sensibility is published. Read It!
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Pride and Prejudice is published. Read It!
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Mansfield Park is published. Austen begins writing Emma. Read It!
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Emma is published and Austen finishes writing Persuasion. Read It!
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After a long illness, Jane Austen dies in Winchester.
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Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are published together posthumously. Read Northanger Abbey! Read Persuasion!
