Biography

1775

Jane Austen is born on 16 December 1775 in Stevenon, Hampshire.

 

1797, 1799

Stays in Bath

 

1801

After retirement of her father Reverend George Austen the family moves to Bath.

 

1802

Harris Bigg-Wither proposes to Jane.

 

1803, 1804

Stays in Lyme Regis

 

1805

Janes father died and is buried in St. Swithins´s Walcot Church in Bath.

 

1806

Jane, her sister Cassandra and their mother move to Southampton.

 

1809

Her brother Edward Austen-Knight offers the Austen-ladies a house in Chawton, Hampshire.

 

1811

Publication "Sense and Sensibility" (revised "Elinor and Marianne")

 

1813

Publication "Pride and Prejudice (revised "First Impressions")

 

1814

Publication "Mansfield Park"

 

1815

Jane is invited to dedicate her next novel to the Prince Regent.

 

1816

Publication "Emma"

 

1817

Jane and Cassandra move to Winchester for medical treatment. She died in Winchester on 18 July 1817 and is buried in the Winchester Cathedral.

 

1818

Publication „Persuasion“ (revised „The Elliots“) and „Northanger Abbey“ (revised „Susan“) in one volume

 

 

 
Jane Austen, painted by her sister Cassandra (~1804)
In the footsteps of Jane Austen

In the Footsteps of
Jane Austen

Bath

Lyme Regis

Chawton

Winchester

Lacock (Filmlocation)

Biography

 

Our Journeys in the Footsteps of Jane Austen

 

Jane Austen Society Austria

What are men to rocks and mountains? Oh! What hours of transport we shall spend! And when we do return, it shall not be like other travellers, without being able to give one accurate idea of any thing. We will know where we have gone; we will recollect what we have seen. Let our first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers.

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
 

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