George Austen

Standard Name: Austen, George

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Textual Production Jane Austen
JA laid aside her fragmentary, unfinished novel The Watsons.
Critic Jan Fergus thinks that she probably never went back to it after Anne Lefroy 's death. Biographer Claire Tomalin thinks it was her father
Residence Jane Austen
Following her father 's retirement on health grounds, JA moved with her parents and sister from Steventon in Hampshire to 4 Sydney Place, Bath.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-11.
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Publishing Jane Austen
JA 's father wrote to offer her First Impressions, anonymously, to the quality publishers Cadell and Davies ; his offer to send the manuscript was declined by return of post.
Honan, Park. Jane Austen: Her Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-11.
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Family and Intimate relationships Jane Austen
JA 's third brother, Edward , was adopted—despite their father 's slight reluctance—by wealthy cousins, the Knights, as their heir.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-11.
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Honan, Park. Jane Austen: Her Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Family and Intimate relationships Jane Austen
JA 's father, the Rev. George Austen , died in Bath.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-11.
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Honan, Park. Jane Austen: Her Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Family and Intimate relationships Jane Austen
JA 's father, the Rev. George Austen , was a scholar who sold produce from his farm and took boarding pupils to teach, to supplement his stipend as rector and in the hope of paying...

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