Major Works

 Jane Austen is best remembered for her second published novel, ‘Pride and Prejudice’.
The story revolves around the life of five unmarried Benet sisters and their relation to the
rich and eligible Mr. Bingley, and his status-conscious friend (and even richer) Mr. Darcy,
who come to live in their neighborhood.

Personal Life & Legacy

 Jane Austen never married and remained close to her family till the very end.
 Sometime in early 1816, Jane Austen was inflicted with some serious illness, later
diagnosed as Addison’s disease. However, she continued to write and by August rewrote
the final chapters of ‘The Elliots’ and also started a burlesque, titled ‘Plan of a Novel,
According to Hints from Various Quarters’ (published in 1871).
 Next she started working on ‘The Brothers’ (later titled ‘Sanditon’). However, her condition
began to deteriorate and she made her will in April 1817. In May, she was taken to
Winchester for treatment. She died there on July 18, 1817 and was buried in Winchester
Cathedral.
 The cottage in Chawton, in which she spent her last eight years, has been turned into a
museum. Known as Jane Austen’s House Museum, it holds Austen family items and
furniture, three pieces of her jewelry and eight music books owned by her. Besides, there
is the Jane Austen Centre at Bath. Apart from holding a life size wax model of Jane
Austen, it tries to depict her life at Bath and its effect on her writing through a permanent
exhibition.