Jane Austen

D. Jendreková, 3.D

(16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817)

Jane Austen

•English writer, who first gave the novel its

modern character through the treatment of everyday life

Her life

- was born in Steventon, Hampshire - was the second daughter and seventh child in a family of eight - life in Hampshire - father's unexpected retirement - education- her career

- in 1816, Jane Austen began to feel unwell - she ignored her illness - Addison's disease / Hodgkin's lymphoma / tuberculosis - she died July 18,1817 in Winchester - was buried in Winchester Cathedral, near the centre of the north aisle

Selected novels

Novels: Sense and Sensibility(1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger Abbey (1818) Persuasion (1818)

Selected novels

Short fiction: Lady SusanUnfinished fiction: The Watsons (1804) Sanditon (1817)Other works: Sir Charles Grandison (1793,1800) Plan of a Novel (1815) Poems Prayers Letters

Selected novels

Other: The Watsons 1871 Love and Friendship1922 Three Novels 1923 Letters 1925 Sandition Fragments1934

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