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  2. Causes of Jane Austen's death - Wikipedia

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    Watercolor portrait of Jane Austen (1775–1817) painted around 1810, by her sister Cassandra Austen. National Portrait Gallery, London.. The causes of Jane Austen's death, which occurred on July 18, 1817 at the age of 41, following an undetermined illness that lasted about a year, have been discussed retrospectively by doctors whose conclusions have subsequently been taken up and analyzed by ...

  3. Jane Austen - Wikipedia

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    Jane Austen (/ ˈ ɒ s t ɪ n, ˈ ɔː s t ɪ n / OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for ...

  4. Sense and Sensibility - Wikipedia

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    1996: author Emma Tennant published Elinor and Marianne, a sequel in the form of an epistolary novel (Austen's original format for Sense and Sensibility) recounting the married lives of the Dashwood sisters. [42] 2009: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is a mashup parody novel by Ben H. Winters, with Jane Austen credited as co-author. [43]

  5. Plan of a Novel, according to Hints from Various Quarters

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    The intention of the work was to set down the essential parts of the "ideal novel". Austen was following, and guying, the recommendations of Clarke. [1] The work was also influenced by some of Austen's personal circle with views on the novel of courtship, and names are recorded in the margins of the manuscript; [9] they included William Gifford, her publisher, and her niece Fanny Knight.

  6. Thomas Langlois Lefroy - Wikipedia

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    In 1796, Lefroy began a flirtation with Jane Austen, who was a friend of an older female relative.Jane Austen wrote two letters to her sister Cassandra mentioning "Tom Lefroy", and some have suggested that it may have been he whom Austen had in mind when she invented the character of Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, as the courtship between Tom Lefroy and Jane Austen took place over the year ...

  7. ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Sells to Sony ... - AOL

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    Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights to “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The studio will distribute the film in North ...

  8. Wikipedia:Jane Austen - Wikipedia

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  9. Jane Seymour Reveals the Meaningful Items She Grabbed Before ...

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    Jane Seymour is opening up after her Malibu, Calif. home was threatened by last week's wildfires. Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the American Ballet Theater Annual Benefit on Monday, Dec. 16 ...