Jane Austen French aristocrat whose first husband the Comte de Feuillide had been guillotined, causing her to flee to Britain, where she married Henry Austen. The description of the execution of the Comte de Feuillide related by his widow left Austen with an intense horror of the French Revolution that lasted for the rest of her life. During the middle of 1798, after finishing revisions of "Elinor and Marianne", Austen began writing a third novel with the working title "Susan" – later "Northanger Abbey" – a satire on the popular Gothic novel. Austen completed her work about a year later. In early
Jane Austen College Jane Austen College Jane Austen College is a secondary free school located in Norwich, owned by the Inspiration Trust, that opened in September 2014. The school's Principal is Claire Heald. Plans for the school were announced in March 2013 with the intention to locate in central Norwich. Jane Austen was approved by the Department for Education, on 22 May 2013, to open in September 2014. The school will eventually have places to educate 1,100 pupils aged 11–18. The school specialises in English and humanities, and all pupils are required to study a language until age 16. There are also classes