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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 ...
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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.
All of Jane Austen's novels focus on the pivotal period in a young woman’s life when she transitions from her parents’ home to that of her husband and "enters the world," as described in the subtitle of Fanny Burney's novel, Evelina (The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World). [55]
Francis Austen's granddaughter, the then-owner of "Volume the Second", in 1922 permitted Chatto & Windus to publish the entire notebook under the name Love and Friendship. The History was included in volume 6 of R. W. Chapman's Oxford University Press edition of Jane Austen's complete works and since then has been published in several new ...
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Lady Susan Vernon; Lady Susan Vernon is aged about 35 or 36 years old (middle-aged for the time). She is the daughter of an earl. [1] She is a widow of just a few months, who is known to flagrantly manipulate and seduce single and married men alike.
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