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Jane Austen
Jane Austen, a 19th-century engraving likely derived from a portrait by her sister, Cassandra Austen, c. 1810.
Jane Austen received her formal education in several locations, though she was primarily educated at home, which was a common practice for girls in the 18th century.12
As a young girl, she and her sister, Cassandra, were sent to school in Oxford and Southampton under the care of a family connection. In 1785, they attended the Abbey School in Reading, which was a celebrated institution at the time. Beyond these periods of formal schooling, her father, a scholar, encouraged her love of learning and supported her literary development within their home environment.123