Ocupation: Novelist
Life: December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817
Birthday: December 16
Death: July 18
There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy.
source: Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.305, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
topic: Sorrow, Employment, May, Mansfield Park