![]() Throughout their adult lives, Jane and Cassandra were close to their cousin, Eliza de Feuillide, and to neighbors Mary and Martha Lloyd. Austen lived at Chawton until she moved to Winchester for medical treatment shortly before her death in 1817. In 1809, Jane, Cassandra, and their mother moved permanently into a large "cottage" in Chawton village that was part of Edward's nearby estate. During these unsettled years, they spent much time visiting various branches of the family. He died in 1805 and for the next four years, Jane, Cassandra, and their mother lived first in rented quarters and then in Southampton where they shared a house with Frank Austen's family. Austen retired from the ministry and moved his family to Bath, Somerset. Austen's brother Edward was adopted by Thomas and Elizabeth Knight and eventually inherited their estates at Godmersham, Kent, and Chawton, Hampshire. She had six brothers-James, George, Charles, Francis, Henry, and Edward-and a beloved older sister, Cassandra. Jane Austen's immediate family was large and close-knit. Austen was the rector of the Anglican parish from 1765 until 1801. George Austen and Cassandra Leigh, Jane Austen's parents, lived in Steventon, Hampshire, where Rev. ![]() Jane Austen lived her entire life as part of a family located socially and economically on the lower fringes of the English gentry. Austen family tree, showing Jane Austen's brothers' marriages and children ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |