Jane Austen is known for many of her great literary works. She has written six novels including Pride and Prejudice and Emma. When her first four novels were published, Austen published them anonymously. Austen's novels were extremely popular during her lifetime, but became increasingly popular after her death. Jane Austen's unique writing style was taken up by 19th century authors and used in their works (Steinbach). On December 16, 1775, an author named Jane Austen was born in the village of Steventon in England (Shelton). . Jane Austen was one of her parents, George and Cassandra Austen, eight children. Due to the time period in which she grew up, five of her brothers were much better educated than Jane. Rather, her schooling was very brief and not very different from that of other girls of the time. She eventually went to study with her aunt, Mrs Ann Cawley, in 1782. In 1784, Jane and her sisters were sent to an all-girls boarding school in Reading. This boarding school is very similar to the one Austen talks about in her novel Emma (“Jane Austen”). Jane Austen's family faced financial problems after the death of her father. George Austen, Jane's father, earned a modest income, but when he died, all of that disappeared. The Austen boys had already moved out and had their own family gone when George died, leaving Jane, her mother and sister facing financial problems. Being all women, they struggled to find stable income. This is when Jane Austen started making money from her novels. Austen lived most of her life without her own home and without a stable income. She constantly sought financial help from her brothers and agreed to the living conditions she wanted... middle of paper ......upName=rock_pkwy&tabID=T001&searchId=R9&res ultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤ tPosition=5&contentSet =GALE%7CCX2591300687&&docId=GALE|CX2591300687& docType=GALE&role=GVRL>Steinbach, Susie L. "Austen, Jane." Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the era of industry and empire. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Flight. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 130-132. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. January 30, 2014. Watt, Ian. “Austen, Jane.” The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc. 1993. Print.