Happy birthday, Jane Austen!
Diane Morris | Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 | Jane Austen | No Comments
On this day—the 16th of December—Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, in 1775. She was the sixth child and second daughter of the Reverend George Austen and his wife, Cassandra. Not many drawings of Jane’s likeness exist. One of the most famous is this watercolor of Jane painted by her sister, Cassandra, in about 1804. Looking at […]
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