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Jane Austen

Jane Austen. ( 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817). D. Jendreková, 3.D. Jane Austen. English writer, who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment of everyday life. Her life. - was born in Steventon, Hampshire was the second daughter and seventh

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Jane Austen

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  1. Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) D. Jendreková, 3.D

  2. Jane Austen • English writer, who first gave the novel its • modern character through the treatment of everyday life

  3. Her life • - was born in Steventon, Hampshire • was the second daughter and seventh • child in a family of eight • - life in Hampshire • - father's unexpected retirement • - education • - her career

  4. - in 1816, Jane Austen began to feel unwell - she ignored her illness - Addison's disease / Hodgkin's lymphoma / tuberculosis - she died July 18,1817 in Winchester - was buried in Winchester Cathedral, near the centre of the north aisle

  5. Selected novels Novels:Sense and Sensibility(1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger Abbey (1818) Persuasion (1818)

  6. Selected novels Short fiction:Lady Susan Unfinished fiction:The Watsons (1804) Sanditon (1817) Other works:Sir Charles Grandison (1793,1800) Plan of a Novel (1815) Poems Prayers Letters

  7. Selected novels Other:The Watsons 1871 Love and Friendship1922 Three Novels 1923 Letters 1925 Sandition Fragments1934

  8. Thank you

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