Adamoska+Simona


 * || Name || 1. What do you know about this people? || 2. Why are they famous? || 3. Were they famous in their lifetimes? || 4. Which of them were rich as well as famous? || 5. Were their lives happy? || My comments ||
 * 1. || Jane Austen || I don't know this person, i think i heard about her, but i don't know anything about her. || **Jane Austen** (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose realisim, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, burlesque and irony, and have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature. || She achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, **//Northanger// //Abbey//** and //**Persuasion,**// both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it. || Jane Austen's father, William George Austen (1731–1805), and his wife, Cassandra (1739–1827), were members of substantial gentry Cassandra was a member of the prominent Leigh George was descended from a family of woollen manufacturers which had risen through the professions to the lower ranks of the landed gentry. family. From 1765 until 1801, that is, for much of Jane's life, George Austen served as the rector of the Anglican parishes at Steventon, Hampshire, and a nearby village. From 1773 until 1796, he supplemented this income by farming and by teaching three or four boys at a time who boarded at his home. ||   ||   ||