Jane Austen
Life Events
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
16 December 1775 | Birth | Born in Steventon, Hampshire, Jane Austen began writing satirical fiction as a teenager and published her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, anonymously in 1811. All six of her completed novels were published either anonymously or posthumously, crediting only "A Lady" or "the author of." |
18 July 1817 | Death | Jane Austen died in Winchester at 41 of an illness now thought to have been Addison's disease or possibly Hodgkin's lymphoma. She had completed six novels and left a seventh, Sanditon, unfinished. Her reputation grew steadily after her death and she is now considered one of the greatest novelists in the English language. |
Birth16 December 1775
Born in Steventon, Hampshire, Jane Austen began writing satirical fiction as a teenager and published her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, anonymously in 1811. All six of her completed novels were published either anonymously or posthumously, crediting only "A Lady" or "the author of."
Death18 July 1817
Jane Austen died in Winchester at 41 of an illness now thought to have been Addison's disease or possibly Hodgkin's lymphoma. She had completed six novels and left a seventh, Sanditon, unfinished. Her reputation grew steadily after her death and she is now considered one of the greatest novelists in the English language.
