The eldest of JA
's brothers, James
, was ten years her senior. He followed his father into a church career (having edited a literary periodical with his brother Henry during his student days). After...
Reception
Susanna Centlivre
SC
hinted in A Woman's Case that her husband was upset at her threatening his livelihood with the political rashness of her dedication. The man-in-skirts role became a favourite of David Garrick
, which kept...
Textual Production
Jane Austen
Some have attributed to JA
an essay in her brother James
's undergraduate periodical The Loiterer which is signed Sophia Sentiment; but the arguments are not persuasive, for its satire on sentimental girls is...
Timeline
25 June 1798: A new tax on the upper classes came into...
National or international item
25 June 1798
A new tax on the upper classes came into effect, levying two guineas for the privilege of running a coach or carriage with armorial bearings (that is, a coat of arms) painted on it.
Le Faye, Deirdre. A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
