It is most likely that the cause of her death was Addison's Disease, which is the tubercular disease of the kidneys. However, it is possible she died from anaemia, or stomach cancer.
Jane died in the early hours of the morning (believed to be around 4.30 am) in her sister Cassandra's arms. She was only 41. Of her six books, only four had been published (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Mansfield Park), and all anonymously with only a close circle of friends and family knowing of the author's true identity. Her other two novels, and the short story Lady Susan, were published after her death, in her own name, by her brother Charles.
She may be gone, but the power of her written word lives on in all of her readers.
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