TWA Birthday: Jane Austen

1775 - 1817

It's the birthday of novelist Jane Austen, born in Steventon, England (1775). She grew up in a large family — six brothers and one sister. Her sister Cassandra, three years older than Jane, was her best friend, and neither of them ever married. Not much is known about Jane's life beyond small details recorded in the letters that have survived — Cassandr…