where did jane austen grow up?
England
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 Jane Austen attended Reading Ladies Boarding School , based in the Abbey Gateway , in 1784 – 86 . 

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 Austen 's parents , George ( 1731 – 1805 ) , an Anglican rector , and his wife Cassandra ( 1739 – 1827 ) , shared a gentry background . George was descended from wool manufacturers who had risen to the lower ranks of the landed gentry , and Cassandra was a member of the aristocratic Leigh family . They married on 26 April 1764 at Walcot Church in Bath . From 1765 to 1801 ( for much of Jane 's life ) , George was a rector of Anglican parishes in Steventon , Hampshire , and a nearby village . From 1773 to 1796 , he supplemented his income by farming and teaching three or four boys at a time ( who boarded at his home ) . 

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 Jane Austen is the younger daughter of Reverend George Austen and his wife and has yet to find a suitable husband . She aspires to be a writer , to the dismay of her mother and proud delight of her father . 

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 Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at the Steventon rectory , and baptised on 5 April 1776 . After several months at home her mother placed her with Elizabeth Littlewood , a woman living nearby who nursed and raised her for twelve to eighteen months . In 1783 , according to family tradition , Jane and Cassandra were sent to Oxford to be educated by Ann Cawley and moved with her to Southampton later in the year . Both girls became ill with typhus , and Jane nearly died . Austen was then educated at home until she and Cassandra left for boarding school in early 1785 . The school curriculum probably included French , spelling , needlework , dancing and music , and may have included drama . By December 1786 , Jane and Cassandra had returned home because the Austens could not afford to send both daughters to school . 

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 Author Jane Austen lived at her brother Frank 's home in Southampton from autumn 1806 to spring 1809 . 
