Reports of Jane’s death appeared in newspapers across England.

 

Jane Austen’s obituary.
(Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Monday July 28, 1817.)

 

Most were brief, containing only a line or two and no mention of her novels at all.  The following notice appeared in the Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Monday July 28, 1817.  It is one of the lengthier obituaries and one of the only ones I could find that mention her books. mimimatthews