Publisher's Synopsis
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, at Steventon Rectory in Hampshire, England. Her father, Reverend George Austen (1731-1805) turned into the rector at Steventon. In 1764, he married Cassandra Leigh Austen (1739-1827) who turned into from a patrician own family. Jane Austen was the youngest of George and Cassandra's 8 children - she had six brothers and one sister. The circle of relatives became tightly-knit, and Jane became specifically near her sister, Cassandra, and her brother, Henry, who would later became her literary agent. George and Cassandra Sr. Sent Cassandra and Jane (who was most effective 8 years antique at the time) to Oxford and Southampton to be educated. However, after Jane nearly died at some point of a plague of typhus at their boarding faculty, each ladies back domestic to retain their research. From 1785 to 1786, Jane and Cassandra attended the Reading Ladies Boarding School, where they studied French, spelling, needlework, track, and dancing. Economic hardships forced the women to return home once more. Their father maintained a big library and indulged his daughters' interest with lots of studying material. As a end result, Jane and Cassandra continued to increase their literary skills notwithstanding their lack of a formal training.
