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Jane Austen had many influences in her life that led to the material written in her books. All of Austen's books "focus on young women in their path to marriage." (Southam, pg. 2) Jane Austen wrote on life as she knew and events that could have or did influence ....

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.... Austen's were a happy, lively, reputedly good-natured and sweet tempered family. Family squabbles were almost unknown." (Wright, pg. 6) The Austens spent their nights together. They played "charades around a candle-lit table. After the game, the girls sewed or embroidered while the boys read aloud." (Wright, pg. 7) Jane and Cassandra spent their whole life together, from birth till Austen's death, where Jane died "with her head pillowed on Cassandra's shoulder." (Wright, pg. 11) At age 7 , Cassandra and Jane "sent to a small school run by a relative. (Wright, pg.7) They didn't stay there long because Mrs. Cawley, the teacher and relative, mov ....