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1795-98 Writes original versions of Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice.

1797 “First Impressions,” the original version of Pride and Prejudice, rejected by a London publisher.

1801 Father retires and moves to Bath with his wife and daughters.

1803 Susan (the original version of Northanger Abbey) is bought by a publisher, but never released.

1804 Austen begins, and abandons, “The Watsons.”

1805 Father George Austen dies.

1811 Sense and Sensibility published.

1813 Pride and Prejudice published.

1814 Mansfield Park published.

1816 Emma is published and is dedicated to the Prince Regent (future George IV) at his request. Austen completes Persuasion.

1817 Composed the fragment “Sanditon”; abandons it because of illness.
Dies 18 July. Buried in Winchester Cathedral on 24 July.

1818 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion published jointly in a four-volume edition, with a biographical preface of Austen by her brother Henry.

Jane Austen only wrote a handful of complete novels, but all of them are studied at high school and college level all over the world due to the timeless quality of her writing. In this area we will explore her great novels.