Possibly the Most Well Known Female Novelist on Earth, Jane Austen

In the novel, ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte, setting is used throughout the novel to illustrate the development in the character. The novel is revolved around five separate locations, ; the Reed family's home at Gateshead, the wretched Lowood School, Rochester's manor, Thornfield, the Rivers family's home at Moor House, and Rochester's rural retreat at Ferndean, these settings all play a very important part in Jane’s life as they all represent the development of Jane’s character and the different period’s of her eventful life.

While Jane goes through a rollercoaster of romantic ideals, Charlotte Bronte reveals that her romanticism more fundamentally affect her own life in the future than even her religious ideals. This is to be expected, as Jane has a very depressing childhood while living with the Reeds and attending Lowood Institute. She makes the transition from Gateshead Hall, to Lowood, to Thornfield Hall, to Moor House, which equate to: Jane’s entrance to the real world (in Gateshead), the rock-bottom of Jane’s life (in Lowood), her encounter with young love (in Thornfield), and where Jane finds what she’s been after: a family (at the Moor House). All of these places come together to form the story of Jane Eyre and how she overcame her hardships to grow up to

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in the small Hampshire town of Steventon, to George and Cassandra Austen. She had one sister, Cassandra, whom she was particularly close to. The Austens were often described as a close-knit family, often reading novels together and performing home theatre. The sisters were sent to Reading Ladies' Boarding School, to obtain a formal education. However, both girls contracted typhus, which nearly killed Jane. They soon returned home due to financial reasons. Austen’s education was said not to be as adequate as her brothers’, though the sisters developed their literacy through their father’s vast library.

On December 16, 1775, Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, England. Austen’s parents were well respected in her community, and she was sent to a boarding

Jane Austen’s life began in Steventon, Hampshire, England on December 17, 1775. Born the seventh child in a family of eight, Jane enjoyed a closely knit family life and cultivated an especially close relationship with her only sister, Cassandra (Baker 3). Jane and her sister

Jane at a very young age looses her parents and her uncle takes her in as his own; Once her uncle dies her aunt takes care of her because her uncle asked her. Her aunt didn't like her and she would often separate her from her cousins; Her cousin John would often mistreat her. She felt trapped in her aunt's house and she wanted to leave. Soon her aunt got her enrolled in an orphaned school where she met her first friend and learned more about discipline. Her first friend taught her about religion and how to be less rebellious. While she was in school she encountered many problems such as humiliation and she lost her best friend. As she grows up to a young lady she leaves the school because she found a job. Her job was to homeschool a young

This similarity in Jane’s personality is shown in her novels by how head strong her female main characters are. During Jane’s life, she really started to write. Jane started writing with satires (Shields, 30). By the time that Austen was sixteen, she had written her first novel called Lesley Castle (Shields, 34). Jane finally realized her situation financially, and she was not the richest eligible girl in the area (Shields, 39). When she was twenty years old, Jane began her novel Elinor and Marianne, which is now called Sense and Sensibility (Shield, 47). When she finished Elinor and Marianne, Jane met a man named Tom Lefroy and she felt that she had fallen in love (Shield, 49). Because of Austen’s situation, Lefroy left her and Austen never found love again which is the opposite of what often happens in her novels. In 1801, the Austen’s moved to Bath (Reef, 55). Bath is a very important place in many of Austen’s novels including Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma (Shields, 96-97). Bath also played an important part in Jane’s life, in the way that her parents wanted her to find a husband there. Bath in history was a place where many people came to find husbands and to find

She has received both praise and criticism for his works from other writers and readers. Austen is known for his wit, irony and humor. Jane

In 1801, Jane moved to Bath with her father, mother and Cassandra. Then, in 1805, her father died after a short illness. As a result, the three women moved from place to place, skipping between the homes of various family members to rented rooms. It was until 1809 that they were able to settle into a stable living situation at Jane's brother Edward's cottage in Chawton (Bio).

In 1801 George Austen, who was 70 years old at the time, retired and moved his wife and daughters to Bath, England. This was a difficult period for Jane and she did very little writing from 1801 to 1809. She was distracted by lots of visits to relatives and temporary housing until the family finally settled in Southhampton where they lived from 1805 to 1809. Jane also suffered a series of personal losses in those years. Her close friend Anne Lefroy died suddenly in 1804 and her father in

The heroine of the novel, Jane Eyre, a 10 years old girl that remains an orphan after her parents died when she was little, embraces the struggles of life in her search of a real home and family. With her parents and uncle dead, she did not have anyone else on the Planet to really care about her and show her the affection a child needs, therefore she constantly feels like she does not belong anywhere. Life moves her from place to place and it is not until the end of the novel that she finds herself a real home and encounters the feeling of being loved, craved, and having a family.

Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775 to Reverend George Austen and Cassandra Austen in Hampshire, England. She was the seventh of eight children and the second daughter. Their children listed in order from first born to last are: James, George, Edward, Henry, Cassandra, Francis, Austen, and Charles. In 1783 Austen and her elder sister Cassandra went to Mrs. Crawley’s boarding School in Oxford for their education. At the age of thirty-three, Jane Austen died in Winchester, England; she died on July 18th, 1816 from Addison's disease, which is a medical condition in which the adrenal glands (glands right above the kidney) do not produce enough of certain kinds of hormones (“Addison's Disease”). On the other hand, some researchers say that Austen died from Hodgkin's Lymphoma, which is a type of cancer that attacks the immune system and spreads throughout the rest of the body (“Hodgkin's Lymphoma”). There is also some new research that suggests she may have died of tuberculosis. This was an illness that was more common during the time period in which she lived. People could get it from drinking unpasteurized milk or being exposed to cattle. Austen is buried in Winchester, England in the Winchester Cathedral which is open for visitors. Austen never had any children; in fact, she was young when she died and sadly had not married yet even though most of her works were romantic books and talked about love and getting married, ending with the typical “and they lived happily ever after” (Warren).

Jane Austen is a famous 19th century British novelist whose beloved work has continued to live on for hundreds of years. Jane grew up in a rural middle class family which consisted of eight siblings. Out of them, she was especially close to her sister, Cassandra. Jane had an intimate, nurturing home life where literature was a common interest. Her parents provided education for all the children, although Jane and Cassandra had a less extensive one than their brothers. The gender roles of the time period portrayed women’s careers as wives and mothers. Nevertheless, they had five years of formal education starting with studies at a boarding school at Oxford. Due to a typhus outbreak, the girls were sent home, and they registered

How is social class explored in both texts through the use of stylistic devices and how do the different perspectives help appeal to the audience?

Many people know Jane Austen to be one of the most well known names in literature’s history. She is known for her classic romance novels. At home, she had much support on the creative front of writing. Her father and mother were supportive of any creative endeavors their children would go through. Jane was born on December sixteenth of 1775 to George Austen who married Cassandra of the Leigh family. Together they had eight children and only two of them were girls. Mr. Austen was a Reverend of Steventon rectory. During Jane’s childhood, her father did many things to help the growing family financially. He did his best to teach the family himself and tried farming as an alternative method to gain money.