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This is a short article about Jane Austen. It talks about her upbringing and how it potentially influenced her writing.

This is an image from Graphical and literary illustrations of Fonthill abbey, Wiltshire : with heraldical and genealogical notices of the Beckford family. It is of the house built in the Gothic style by the English Gothic writter William Beckford.

This was included in the complete works of Laurence Sterne, which also included a section about his own life. The full title is The works of Laurence Sterne, A.M. Prebendary of York, and Vicar of Sutton on the Forest, and of Stillington near York.…

A portrait of the side-view of author Laurence Sterne

This is a line engraving of Daniel Defoe, author of Roxana and other famous novels.