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Jane Austen Research Paper

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The hectic and chaotic environments in which Jane Austen’s novels revolved around are believed not to be complete fiction, and are most likely accurate depictions of her true family and social environment. Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 to her parents, Reverend Mr. George Austen and Cassandra Austin, in Hampshire, England. After just turning a few months old, Jane, like all of her siblings, were sent away for a few months to a wet nurse until the mother, Cassandra, had regained her ultimate strength. Although many practices of the Austen family, dealing with the birth of a child, were seemingly obsolete for the time, George and Cassandra continued to perpetuate their traditions and cycles they had enacted for their eight children. …show more content…

It is generally agreed that Jane had begun composing stories, poems, plays, and “novellas” by the age of twelve. However, she had found great interest in portraying her life in a different point of view, with different characters and scenarios, but with entire influence from her real life. Jane had composed portions of the then to be Juvenilia by her childhood and continued to create new pieces of literature. Elinor and Marianne, which would to be eventually called Sense and Sensibility, was her first full length novel that she periodically wrote sections of with the aid of her sister Cassandra. Her second novel, initially titled First Impressions, would become the most read novel by Jane Austen and probably to most important and influential piece of literature from this time era. Pride and Prejudice is agreeably one of the most widely known pieces of English literature, and Jane Austen’s most popular or successful novel. However, after she had initially written the original manuscripts, her father had tried to have it published immediately. But, according to the publisher it lacked what was required for their attention,, and was immediately rejected. Jane’s potentially society changing novel was rejected for publishing for sixteen years. However, as seen with all of her novels, the characters and ideas portrayed and expressed can be easily found in …show more content…

Jane Austen had recorded a dwindling health previous to her death, as far back as early 1816, but she reportedly ignored all the difficulties, and continued to be and create what she had wanted from herself. However, due to great dearths of scientific advancement or recording of this period of time in England, her specific cause of death is still debated and unknown. Originally, Jane Austen was affected by Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, due to her recorded symptoms and commonness of this illness during this time. On the other hand, due to recent research by English scientist Katherine White of Britain’s Addison’s Disease Self Help Group, it may be presumed that Jane Austen died because of another life threatening condition. Because of Katherine White’s study, she was able to conclude that Jane may have also been just as likely to have died from Bovine Tuberculosis which had been caused by consumption of non-pasteurized milk or dairy projects. Katherine has been able to support her hypothesis by her symptoms and historical research of where Jane lived, and her possible diets of her life as well. Ultimately, Jane Austen died at forty-one years old, and had created six best selling and influential novels that would continue to influence and affect the world for much longer than her physical

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