Jane's Life
Eliza de Feuillide: Jane Austen's 'Outlandish Cousin'
Eliza Hancock was born 22nd December 1761 in Calcutta, India, to her mother Philadelphia Austen and her father Tysoe Saul Hancock, a physician with the East India Company. Philadelphia was George A...
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Madame LaTournelle and the Abbey School
Was the Abbey School an inspiration to Jane? Constance Hill investigates.
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Fanny Austen Knight (Knatchbull)
You are inimitable, irresistible. You are the delight of my life. Such letters, such entertaining letters, as you have lately sent! such a description of your queer little heart! such a lovely disp...
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Anne Lefroy, known as Madam Lefroy, was born in 1749 to the Brydges family at Wootton Court, near Canterbury. When George Austen was made rector at Deane by his Uncle Francis, Francis also sold hi...
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Reverend Brook Edward Bridges and the Bridges of Goodnestone Park
Learn more about the Bridges of Goodnestone Park
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Anna Austen Lefroy: A believer in True Love
Learn more about Austen's niece!
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"Tell Mary that I make over Mr. Heartley and all his estate to her for her sole use and benefit in future, and not only him, but all my other admirers into the bargain wherever she can find them, ...
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Jane had lots of brothers- six, to be exact! Who were they, and how might they have influenced their sister's writing.
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Cassandra Austen: Jane Austen's Beloved Older Sister
Who was Cassandra Austen? Learn more in this article.
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Henry Austen's tribute to his sister
Henry Austen's touching tribute to his Sister
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The Faces of Jane: Two Austen Non-Fictions
A comparison of two Jane Austen biographies
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