Jane Austen · every age
What was Jane Austen doing at 26?
Wrote Pride and Prejudice at 21, published it at 37
- Dec 1802
Accepted a marriage proposal, then withdrew the next morning
Harris Bigg-Wither, a wealthy but awkward neighbour. She was 27.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Others at 26
Portrait: Portrait: Cassandra Austen (c. 1810), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source
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