Jane spent the final weeks of her life at 8 College Street in Winchester, where she went to receive treatment for what remains an unconfirmed illness, though theoretical diagnoses include Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Addison’s disease or Lupus.

Jane passed away on the 18th of July, 1817, with her faithful sister Cassandra by her side. Her brother would publish Persuasion and Northanger Abbey posthumously later that year, which, combined with her previous work, collated her enduring literary legacy.

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