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Jane Austen: No one to Someone Pride & Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility are just some of the novels that made this writer famous. Jane Austen was born into this world on December 16, 1775, in Steventon Hampshire, England to Cassandra and George Austen. She is the second daughter but the seventh child of her parents. James, Edward, Henry, Cassandra, Francis, George and Charles were her brothers and sister. When Jane was eight years old she and her sister were sent to boarding school so they could start their formal education. Her father is believed to be the one who gave Jane the supplies for her to be able to explore this side of herself. In 1787 Jane took more interest in writing and was keeping a notebook with all her writing for reference …show more content…

They spent much time together, which eventually became noticeable. Jane wrote to her sister Cassandra and told her how she fell in love with Tom. Unfortunately, the romance did not last very long. Tom’s family believed that anything with Jane would not be ideal, because they had bigger plans for his future (Warren). After Jane and Cassandra finished their education at the boarding school, Jane started to work on her first book, First Impressions. First Impressions later on became known as Pride & Prejudice, one of her many best-selling books. She revised one of her old novels called Susan, and then it became Northanger Abbey. Jane’s books started as stories in her journals; as she began to write her novels, she changed the novels to titles that people know them as today. Her father retired in the 1800s, and moved his family to the town of Bath in England. Jane later became engaged to Mr. Bigg-Wither, a childhood friend of the family. She said yes, due to her family’s financial situation. Mr. Bigg-Wither only proposed to Jane so that he could “inherit a sizable amount of real-estate and [become] well off,” (Warren) but Jane did not want to marry for all the wrong reasons so she called the engagement off the next day. Jane’s reasoning for calling off the engagement involved her life principles. Jane always believed that two people should marry because they were in love, and not for

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