Jane Austen enjoyed a brief life of just 41 years and it was far from easy. The family faced financial hardship after her father's sudden death. She never married and the four novels that appeared during her lifetime were published anonymously, as was then the custom. Yet those books have seen her become one of the most widely read and respected English writers of all time. Jane Austen died all too soon, but her published work has achieved an impact for beyond its extent. Jane Austen's titles: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), Northanger Abbey (1818, posthumous), Persuasion (1818, posthumous) This publication has many heartwarming and fascinating aspects, all covered in words, pictures and analysis.