![]() ![]() Though she avoided society, she was charming, intelligent, and funny, and had several admirers. Jane concealed her writing from most of her acquaintances, slipping her writing paper under a blotter when someone entered the room. After her father’s death in 1805, Jane, her mother, and sister lived with one of her brothers until 1808, when another brother provided them a permanent home at Chawton Cottage, in Hampshire. Instead, she amused herself by making close observations of ridiculous society manners. Jane hated the resort town and found herself without the time or peace and quiet required to write. Jane read voraciously and began writing stories as early as age 12, completing a novella at age 14.Īusten’s quiet, happy world was disrupted when her parents suddenly decided to retire to Bath in 1801. The girls had five years of formal schooling, then studied with their father. Jane was very close to her older sister, Cassandra, who remained her faithful editor and critic throughout her life. Celebrated English novelist Jane Austen is born on December 16, 1775, the seventh of eight children of a clergyman in a country village in Hampshire, England. ![]()
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