Jane Austen - Biography, Life Timeline, Books, Movies, Quotes and Fashion

Jane Austen's Biography: Life (1775-1817) and Family Return to Jane Austen info page The main source of information about Jane Austen's life is family letters, especially those of Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra from 1796 onwards, supplemented by family recollections (which were generally not written down, however, until half a century after Jane Austen's death). Her childhood and early creative work (Steventon, 1775-) Map of England, showing important places in Jane Austen's life Jane Austen and places in the County of Hampshire, England Austen family genealogical charts Jane Austen was born December 16th, 1775 at Steventon, Hampshire, England (near Basingstoke). More than one reader has wondered whether the childhood of the character Catherine Morland in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey might not reflect her own childhood, at least in part -- Catherine enjoys "rolling down the green slope at the back of the house" and prefers cricket and baseball to girls' play. the diagram of Jane Austen's literary influences). See also the