Jane Austen - Star of the Literary Sky :: Biography Biographies Essays

Jane Austen - Star of the literary Sky Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in a township called Steventon, Hampshire, near Basingstoke, England. In a family of eight children, she was the second eldest. Her mother was called Cassandra, as well as her older sister and her father was George Austen, the local government minister (clergyman). When her sister Cassandra, who was only three years older and to whom she was really close, treasured to go to Oxford, she followed, but the two girls had to come back home later only a few months. They were inseparable. Their mom even declared once, If Cassandra were passing to have her head cut off, Jane would insist on sharing her fate. contempt the Oxford drop out, Jane did non lack education. Her brother James helped her study and with his help, she could later on lay claim to a good knowledge of history as well as a little Latin, Italian and musical training. However, Jane stubborn in 1787 to dedicate all her spare time to wri ting. She wrote mostly in her parents living room, accompanied by all her family. Her very first operate consisted of three volumes of Juvenilia, a series of parodies and satirical stories, which was only published after her death. At the age of only 19 she started workings on peeress Susan, who was going to be later known as Northanger Abbey. In 1795 she started working on Elinor and Marianne, which eventually became Sense and Sensibility. Only a year after, she began outset Impressions, which later turned into the much appreciated, and the authors personal favourite, ostentation and Prejudice. The surroundings of Steventon strike Jane Austen immensely, which is why a lot of the landscapes in the outdoor scenes of her novels, resemble the gardens and walkways of her hometown. Unfortunately, Jane did not live in Steventon her whole life. In 1800, her family moved to a miserable town called Bath. Later, when her father died in 1805, Jane, Cassandra and their mother moved to a elegant village from southern England, called Chawton. After her fathers death, they became very poor, as the funds that came from her fathers clerical affairs stopped when he stopped breathing. This resembles the situation that Austen describes in Pride and Prejudice, where it is explained that if Elizabeth Bennets father died, her whole familys money, house and furniture would go to the closest masculine relative of the family.