Jane Austen, whom some critics consider England's best novelist, was born in 1775 in Steventon, England. The seventh of eight children, Austen lived with her parents for her entire life, first in Steventon and later in Bath, Southampton, and Chawton. Her father was the village rector, and, though not wealthy, her family was well connected and well educated. Austen briefly attended boarding ... school in Reading but received the majority of her education at home. According to rumor, she had a brief love ... engagement to Frank makes Jane seem more human, just as Knightley's humanity is brought...

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