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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Jane Austen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was a prominent English novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. |
| | Jane Austen was born at the rectory in Steventon, Hampshire, to the Rev George Austen (1731–1805) and his wife Cassandra (née Leigh) (1739–1827). |
| | The only undisputed portrait of Jane Austen is a coloured sketch done by Cassandra which resides in the National Portrait Gallery in London. |
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