Jane Austen is an English writer, the founder of the "female" novel. She was born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon in the family of a parish priest. She was the second daughter and seventh child in a family of eight—six boys and two girls. The wife of Jane's beloved brother, Henry Thomas, had a special influence on the girl - she taught Jane French and instilled a love of the theater. Since childhood, Jane spent a lot of time reading books by English novelists - Fielding, Richardson, Shakespeare. She received her education with her sister, first at Oxford, then Southampton and Reading. Austin's literary career began in 1789. When she was only 14 years old, she wrote her first work called ‘’Love and Freindship’’. The years 1811-1817 were the most productive in terms of creativity. It was during this period of time that Jane wrote her most famous novels. The writer died on July 18, 1817 in Winchester due to Addison's disease.…