Jane Austen is a British novelist from the late seventeen hundred whose work is still widely known and appreciated today. Jane composed six novels, including her famous piece “Pride and Prejudice”, that is still loved throughout the world to date. Jane was known for the way she only wrote what she has personally experienced, excluding any of the many head turning evens that were happening in the late seventeen to the early eighteen hundred. Jane’s journey through education and early interest in reading mended her into the fantastic author she eventually grew up to be. George and Cassandra Austen welcomed a second little girl into the world on December 16 th, 1775. Jane was born the seventh out of eventually eight children, whom …show more content…
Growing up in a time like this Jane was blessed to be born into such an influential and encouraging family. Jane’s parents believe all of their children, no matter what gender should receive as much education as they could offer. While growing up the family encouraged Jane to use her father and family friend, Warren Hasting’s personal libraries, where both Jane and Cassandra would spend a lot of time reading and writing. At the age of eight Jane, along with her sister were sent away to Oxford to attend boarding school. During boarding school the girls were taught foreign language, focusing mainly on French, music and dance, all taught by Ann Cawley. The girls stay at Oxford ended abruptly when both girls were sent home after falling ill of Typhus and Jane even almost losing her life to the illness. After the girls were sent home their only form of education came from what their father and older siblings could teach them at home. Most of Jane’s free time continued to be spent in her father’s library, “Mr. Austen fed Jane’s interest in writing by supplying his books, paper and writing tools to allow her to explore her creative side.”; Without her father’s influence and encouragement her writing would not have flourished. Following being sent home for being ill the girls were eventually sent back to a school in Reading to attend The Abbey School House, where they were taught spelling, needlework, drama and once again dance and music. Two years after beginning school in Reading Jane began talking interest in starting her own work and organizing it into notebooks to keep track of her new