The opening of the resort in Brighton and its reception of royal patronage from King George IV, extended the seaside as a resort for health and pleasure to the much larger London market, and the beach became a centre for upper-class pleasure and frivolity. This trend was praised and artistically elevated by the new romantic ideal of the picturesque landscape; Jane Austen's final complete novel "Sanditon" is an example of that, as was a short, unfinished manuscript left over at the time of her death. Later, Queen Victoria's long-standing patronage of the Isle of Wight and Ramsgate in Kent ensured that a seaside residence was considered as a highly fashionable possession for those wealthy enough to afford more than one home.
Is it possible that Jane Austen could have seen the response to "Sanditon", and to read any other novels that might have continued the trend, within her lifetime?
This example is YES.