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16 December 1775 18 July 1817 figurehead of pre-romantic English fiction, Jane Austen 16 December 1775 in Steventon day is born. Last daughter of George Austen, Anglican priest, will live for 25 years in hometown Steventon along with six brothers and a sister. Jane was educated at home, under his father's guidance and thanks to his encouragement already young, besides learning French and Italian language basics, get familiar with the works of authors such as Walter Scott, Henry Fielding and George Crabbe. With the family that Jane is tied up, especially to her sister Cassandra, in 1801 he moved to Bath. The father dies suddenly in 1805 and Jane went to live for some time in Southampton; In 1809 he moved to Chawton (in the region of Hampshire) where he lived the rest of his life. After his father's death and after the departure of the brothers who enlisted in the Navy, the family environment as well as that friendships will be made up by Mister Sun. The same Jane Austen doesn't will never get married, remaining spinster. Along with her sister Cassandra takes charge of the education of many grandchildren (only his brother Edward will have eleven children) for whom he writes stories for their entertainment and fun. His nephew j. e. Austen-Leigh, will write her biography "memoirs" (1870), in which the writer looks like a Miss exemplary, dedicated to domestic life and only incidentally to literature. The world of the young Austen is deeply described in his novels. His impulse to write causes them to exercise consistently, without however own a place where you can focus alone in silence. Jane writes most of his works in the common room, interrupted or distracted by the noise of his nephews, by the presence of the servants or visitors. Apart from a few early works, written at the beginning of his literary career, Jane Austen is known primarily for his novels. His most notable works are "pride and prejudice", completed in 1797 and published in 1813 (very well known today for its film adaptations), "sense and sensibility" (written in 1798 and published in 1811), "Northanger Abbey" published in 1818 after will be riaccquistato by family members. In the last months of his life begins the drafting of "Minor", which follows "persuasion", where the dominant theme is the satire about progress and its consequences on people's character. Suffering from phthisis (Addison's disease), in the month of March of 1817 health conditions worsen; in May the sister Cassandra brings Jane to Winchester to entrust to the care of a known specialist. The disease at that time though is incurable and Jane Austen dies at the young age of 41 years, on 18 July 1817. His body rests in Winchester Cathedral. Article contributed by the team of collaborators.