Publication details of Pride and Prejudice:

The novels original title was First Impressions, but it was revised in 1812 and published in 1813

Other literary works include:

Mansfield Park (1814)
Emma (1815)
Persuasion (1818)
The Watsons (1927)

Born:

16th December 1775 at Steventon Parish, Hampshire, UK

Early years:

She was the seventh child and the second daughter of the Reverend George Austen and Cassandra Leigh-Austen.

Schooling:

she only went to school for three years because her family could not afford her schooling. Her oldest brother helped her out by organizing reading lists for her.

Career:

It was in 1787 when Austen made the decision to devote all her spare time to writing. In 1791 she wrote the parody of Oliver Goldsmith's History of England. She wrote her Juvenilia from 1787 to 1793. Early versions of the novels eventually published as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey were all begun worked on from 1795-1799. (At this early period their working titles were: Elinor and Marianne, Firts Impressions, and Susan.) In 1803 Jane Austen actually sold Northanger Abbey (then titled Susan) for the sum of £10; however, the publisher decided not to publish it. After her father's death in 1805 she moved to Hampshire with her family where she started revising Sense and Sensibility, which was accepted in late 1810 or early 1811 by a publisher, for publication at her own risk. Encouraged by its success Austen turned to revising First Impressions. She sold it in November 1812 and it was published in January 1813.

Final years:

In May 1814, Mansfield Park was published. In December 1815 Emma appeared, dedicated to the Prince Regent. In early 1817 she started working on another novel, Sanditon, but had to give it up in March. On 27th of April she made her will and on 24th of May she was moved to Winchester for medical treatment.

Died:

She died on 18th of July, 1817 in Winchester.