Jane Austen (1775-1817)

1. Jane Austen

(1775-1817)

2. Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born on
16 December 1775 at the
rectory in the Hampshire
village of Steventon to the
Reverend George Austen and
his wife, Cassandra. Jane, the
seventh of eight children, had
six brothers and one elder
sister, Cassandra.

3. Jane Austen

She didn't travel and
before the end of her
life she didn't get
married, though she
received a lot of
proposals.

4. The place where she lived

5. Jane Austen

One hundred years later the
house was bought by Mr.
T. Edward Carpenter in
memory of his son, Philip,
who was killed in the
Second World War. He
founded the Jane Austen
Memorial Trust and
owned and administered
the house that was first
opened as a museum in
1949.

6. Jane Austen

7. Jane Austen

Later in 1816 she became ill
and in May 1817
Cassandra and she rented
rooms in Winchester to be
near to her physician. There
was no cure for the illness
and she died on July 1817.
She was buried in
Winchester Cathedral.

8. Winchester Cathedral

9. Jane Austen

10. Jane Austen

There are many film
adaptations by Jane
Austen's novels. One of
them is “Sense and
Sensibility”.

11. Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen

12. Jane Austen

Jane Austen's novels:
Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Pride & Prejudice (1813)
Mansfield Park (1814)
Emma (1816)
Northanger Abbey (1817) and
Persuasion (1817) –
posthumous.

13. Curious and interesting facts from the life of Jane Austen

The English writer
who first gave the
novel a modern
character by making
in him everyday life.

14. Jane Austen

Still considered The
«First Lady» of English
literature.

15. Jane Austen

According to a survey
of modern authors who
write romance novels,
her book « Pride and
prejudice» is the best
novel of this genre of all
times and peoples.

16. Jane Austen

Her novel «Sanditon»
was recognized as one
of the ten major lost
works, which lost world
literature. She started
writing it a few months
before her death did not
have time to finish.