Author Austen, Jane Birthdate b. 1775, d. 1817 Filename austen-180x Manuscript various (see edition) Date of composition 1805 (45-47), 1807 (48-50), 1808 (51) Genre LET PRIV Edition Chapman, R.W. (ed.). 1952. Jane Austen's letters to her sister Cassandra and others. 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press. ESTC number Gale number Sample 160.1-192.22 (Letters 45-51) Remarks