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A Romantic Life

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Page 1: A Romantic Life

A Romantic Life

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• What did Austen’s father do for a living?• How did Austen receive education?

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• Her father was a minister.• She was educated at home by her parents.

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• How was Austen’s childhood?

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She was happy in her childhood. She enjoyed playing with her older sister and other children. For example, they often wrote and performed short plays and played charades.

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Not only could she play with the other children in her family, but she also got to meet many boys …

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What was Austen fond of?

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She loved books and enjoyed reading. She also wrote many short satirical stories.

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How did Austen view writing in her early twenties?

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She may have thought that writing a novel might be a good way to make some money to help her poor family.

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• In addition to writing, what do Jane also enjoy doing?

• Why did Jane’s family want to move to a busy town such as Bath?

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• Jane enjoyed dancing and long walk with her friends.

• Jane’s parents wanted to find husbands for her and her sister.

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• How was Jane’s life in Bath?• How was Jane’s marriage?

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• Life was miserable because she thought she did not fit in the town.

• She was serious about her marriage for two times, but eventually she never married.

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• How did Edward help Jane, Cassandra and their mother?

• How did people take care of Jane’s books, such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, etc., after her death?

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• Edward gave them a small but comfortable house in the countryside with a pretty garden.

• Jane’s books were published, reprinted, and made into popular movies.