Introduction to Jane Austen and her Novel Emma - ppt download

Introduction to Jane Austen and her Novel Emma - ppt download: About the Author: Jane Austen BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE: Jane Austen was born in Steventon, England, on December 16, She was the seventh of eight children of which there were six boys and two girls . As far as her family background is concerned, her father was a preacher, and the family lived a modest life at the rectory. As her father was a country clergyman, the rector of Steventon in the county of Hampshire in south-central England, this provided her but a chance to have a contact with the limited world of provincial gentry. Education was an important trait of the family. Her father was a classics scholar in addition to a preacher. All the children were schooled at home, but Austen also spent several years studying at a school away from home. In fact she accompanied her elder sister Cassandra to two boarding schools only to return home at the age of nine to remain there. Her childhood was a happy childhood with all the privileges of childhood that such a family would offer to its children.