JANE AUSTEN'S LIFE - CHRONOLOGY -
(TAKEN FROM A BOOK BY MAGGIE LANE - TITLED: JANE AUSTEN'S WORLD)
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FATHER |
REVEREND GEORGE AUSTEN |
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MOTHER |
CASSANDRA LEIGH |
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YEAR OF MARRIAGE |
1764 |
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FIRST HOME |
DEANE PARSONAGE, HAMPSHIRE |
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FAMILY MOVED TO |
STEVENTON RECTORY IN 1767 |
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JANE'S BIRTHDATE |
DECEMBER 16, 1775 - THE SEVENTH CHILD AND SECOND DAUGHTER. THE FIRST DAUGHTER, CASSANDRA ELIZABETH - JANE'S BELOVED SISTER -WAS BORN JANUARY 9, 1773. |
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1787 |
JANE BEGINS TO WRITE |
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1795 |
ELINOR AND MARYANNE WRITTEN |
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1796 |
FIRST PRESERVED LETTERS OF JANE AUSTEN DATE FROM THIS YEAR OCTOBER, BEGINS FIRST IMPRESSIONS |
| 1797 |
AUGUST: FINISHES FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND IN NOVEMBER THE REVEREND GEORGE AUSTEN OFFERS THE MANUSCRIPT TO THE PUBLISHER CADELL, WHO DECLINES TO LOOK AT IT. BEGINS SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. VISITS BATH WITH CASSANDRA STAYING WITH UNCLE AND AUNT LEIGH PERROT. |
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1798 |
FAMILY AT THEIR NEW HOME, GODMESRSHAM IN KENT. BIRTH OF NEPHEW AND FUTURE BIOGRAPHER, JAMES EDWARD AUSTEN (LATER AUSTEN-LEIGH). |
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1799 |
FINISHES SUSAN. MAY-JUNE: VISITS BATH WITH MOTHER, EDWARD AND FAMILY, STAYING IN QUEEN SQUARE. |
| 1800 | NOVEMBER: VISITS FRIEND MARTHA LLOYD AT IBTHORPE IN HAMPSHIRE. ON RETURN HOME, LEARNS OF PARENT'S DECISION TO RETIRE TO BATH. |
| 1801 | VISITS BIGG FAMILY AT MANYDOWN. MAY: LEAVES STENVENTON, STAYS WITH LEIGH PERROTS IN BATH, FAMILY HOUSE-HUNTING. MICHAELMAS: LEASE TAKEN ON 4 SIDNEY PLACE, BATH. |
| 1805 | JANUARY: DEATH OF REV GEORGE AUSTEN. THE WATSONS BEGUN AND ABANDONED. MOVES TO GAY STREET (SPRING) AND AGAIN TO TRIM STREET(AUTUMN) |
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1806 |
LEAVES BATH FOREVER |
| 1807 |
AUSTEN WOMEN TAKE HOUSE WITH BROTHER FRANK AND WIFE IN CASTLE SQUARE, SOUTHAMPTON. SEPTEMBER: VISITS EDWARD AT GREAT HOUSE, CHAWTON |
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1808 |
OCTOBER: EDWARD OFFERS CHAWTON COTTAGE. |
| 1809 | WRITES TO CROSBY ASKING ABOUT SUSAN. AUSTENS LEAVE SOUTHAMPTON, FAMILY VISITS UNTIL CHAWTON COTTAGE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN JULY |
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1810 |
PREPARING SENSE AND SENSIBILITY FOR PUBLICATION |
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1811 |
FEBRUARY: MANSFIELD PARK BEGUN. NOVEMBER: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY PUBLISHED BY EGERTON. |
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1812 |
COPYRIGHT OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE SOLD TO EGERTON |
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1813 |
JANUARY: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE PUBLISHED. JULY: FINISHES MANSFIELD PARK. |
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1814 |
JANUARY: EMMA BEGUN MAY: MANSFIELD PARK PUBLISHED |
| 1815 |
AUGUST: PERSUASION BEGUN. DECEMBER: EMMA PUBLISHED. |
| 1816 |
WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHES HIGHLY FAVORABLE NOTICE OF EMMA IN QUARTERLY REVIEW. AUGUST: FINISHES PERSUASION. ILLNESS BEGINS. VISITS CHELTENHAM WITH CASSANDRA SEEKING CURE. |
| 1817 |
JANUARY: BEGIN SANDITION. MARCH: ABANDONS SANDITION BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH. MAY: MOVES TO WINCHESTER WITH CASSANDRA, FOR TREATMENT. JULY : DIES AND IS BURIED IN WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL DECEMBER: PERSUASION AND NOTHANGER ABBEY POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE WRITTEN BY HENRY. |
