Jane Austen

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The seventh child of George and Cassandra Leigh Austen, she is one of the premier novelists of English literature, known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

With the publications of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. Her novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her little fame during her lifetime. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary have earned her great and historical importance to critics and scholars.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen


Buried:
Grave location, biography, portrait, and tomb photo:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44

Inscription:
In memory of
JANE AUSTEN,
youngest daughter of the late
Revd. GEORGE AUSTEN,
formerly Rector of Steventon in this County.
She departed this Life on the 18th July 1817,
aged 41, after a long illness supported with
the patience and the hopes of a Christian.
The benevolence of her heart,
the sweetness of her temper, and
the extraordinary endowments of her mind
obtained the regard of all who knew her, and
the warmest love of her intimate connections.
Their grief is in proportion to their affection
they know their loss to be irreparable,
but in the deepest affliction they are consoled
by a firm though humble hope that her charity,
devotion, faith and purity have rendered
her soul acceptable in the sight of her
REDEEMER.