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She was Jane's closest friend and confidante throughout her life. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] James (matriculated 1779, BA 1783, MA 1788) [ 15 ] and Henry (matriculated 1788, BA 1792, MA 1796) [ 15 ] were both educated at St John's College, Oxford , as their father had been.
Cassandra Austen is also credited with having created two paintings of her sister. One, painted in 1804, is a back view of Jane seated by a tree. The other, an incomplete frontal portrait dated circa 1810. [3] Austen's family had reservations about Jane's real appearance: Anna Austen (Mrs Lefroy) called it "so hideously unlike". [4]
Jane Austen lived her entire life as part of a family located socially and economically on the lower fringes of the English gentry. [1] 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 (/ 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 on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
James Austen (1765 – 1819) was an English clergyman, best known for being the eldest brother of celebrated novelist Jane Austen. [1] His father George Austen 's living had been in Steventon, Hampshire , and James succeeded him in this position, in 1801.
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Edward Austen Knight (born Edward Austen; 7 October 1767 – 19 November 1852) was the third eldest brother of Jane Austen, and provided their mother with the use of a cottage in Chawton where Jane lived for the last years of her life (now Jane Austen's House Museum). He was also High Sheriff of Kent in 1801.
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