a romantic life

A Romantic Life

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

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

• How was Austen’s childhood?

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 …

What was Austen fond of?

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

How did Austen view writing in her early twenties?

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

• 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?

• Jane enjoyed dancing and long walk with her friends.

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

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

• 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.

• 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?

• 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.