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  2. 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 ...

  3. Chawton House - Wikipedia

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    Chawton house is situated about 400m away from the cottage where Austen lived for the last eight years of her life. This now houses the Jane Austen's House Museum, which is a large 17th-century house in the centre of the village of Chawton, owned by the Jane Austen Memorial Trust since 1947 [16] and preserved in her memory. The two houses ...

  4. Timeline of Jane Austen - Wikipedia

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    The Rev. George Austen and Cassandra Leigh, Jane Austen's parents, lived in Steventon, Hampshire, where Rev. Austen was the rector of the Anglican parish from 1765 until 1801. [2] Jane Austen's immediate family was large and close-knit. She had six brothers—James, George, Charles, Francis, Henry, and Edward—and a beloved older sister ...

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    Plus, it has killer Lake Michigan views, parks galore (Millennium, Lincoln, and more), the Art Institute of Chicago, home of masterpieces like American Gothic and Nighthawks, and last but not ...

  6. Dorothy Darnell - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Gwynnyd Darnell (21 April 1876 - 12 October 1953) was an artist from Scotland and founder of the Jane Austen Society in Alton, Hampshire, England. The group was created to purchase the historic Chawton Cottage where novelist Jane Austen spent her last eight years. It is now Jane Austen's House Museum.

  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. Pemberley - Wikipedia

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    Pemberley is the fictional country estate owned by Fitzwilliam Darcy, the male protagonist in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. It is located near the fictional town of Lambton, and believed by some to be based on Lyme Park , [ 1 ] south of Disley in Cheshire .

  9. Anne Brydges Lefroy - Wikipedia

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    Anne's letters, written mostly to her son Christopher Edward (1785–1856) in the period 1800–1804, depict a lively social life with many engagements. The family of Jane Austen lived in the neighbouring parish of Steventon, and the Lefroy and Austen families were close. Anne continued to write occasional verse and prose.