Jane Austen
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Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
Portrait, c. 1810
Church of St Nicholas in Steventon, as depicted in A Memoir of Jane Austen
Steventon parsonage, as depicted in A Memoir of Jane Austen, was in a valley and surrounded by meadows.
Austen's The History of England (1791) includes this portrait of Henry IV by her sister, Cassandra.
Edward Austen Knight
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Edward Austen Knight was the third eldest brother of Jane Austen, and provided their mother with the use of a cottage in Chawton where Jane lived for the last years of her life. He was also High Sheri
Godmersham Park, Kent