Hampshire, England. She was brought up in an intelligent
but restricted environment.In 1783 Jane and her older sister attended Abbey Boarding School. While at school they both caught a fever and Jane nearly died.
Even as a child Jane Austen loved writing and she wrote a lot of short stories called the Juvenillia. About 1795 she wrote a novel she called Elinor and Marianne. In the years 1796-97 Jane Austen wrote another novel she called First Impressions. It was later published as Pride and Prejudice. Then in 1798-99 Jane wrote a novel named Susan. It was published posthumously as Northanger Abbey in 1817.
In 1801 Jane Austen moved with her sister and parents to Bath. Jane Austen was a tall, slim woman. In 1802 she received a proposal of marriage from a man named Harris Bigg-Wither. At first Jane accepted but she quickly changed her mind. Jane Austen never married. Her father George Austen died in 1805.
In 1807 Jane Austen moved to Southampton.
Then in 1811 Sense and Sensibility was published. Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813. Mansfield Park was published in 1814. Another book called Emma followed in 1816. Meanwhile Jane Austen wrote Persuasion but she died before it could be published. It was published posthumously in 1817.
Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817. Jane was only 41 years old. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral.