JANE AUSTEN was an English novelist whose works earned her a place as one of the most widely read writer in English literature. Born on16 December 1775 at Steventon, Hampshire. Among other works and letters are Sense and Sensibility (1811); Pride and Prejudice (1813); Mansfield Park (1814); Emma (1815); Northanger Abbey (1818, posthumous); Persuasion (1818, posthumous). Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817.