Jane Austen was born in England on December 16th, 1775 in the town of Steventon. Austen is highly praised for her novels regarding the 18th century social class and manners. She found it easy to write about these as she lived in the same social aspect as what she wrote about. She lived in Steventon for the majority of her adolescence. She wasn’t formally educated in school rather she learned almost entirely from her father, George Austen, who was a local clergyman for the area. Her mother, on the contrary was actually of much nobler lineage as her ancestors engaged in politics. She had many siblings, a multitude of brothers who ended up working up high into the church hierarchy and the navy. They were said to have been raised with not a much…show more content… "Romanticism." Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Donald M. Borchert. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. 485-489. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.
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SIMPSON, DAVID. "Romanticism." Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Ed. Jonathan Dewald. Vol. 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 248-250. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.
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