A Memoir of Jane Austen

by James Edward Austen-Leigh

Overview

James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir of his aunt Jane Austen was published in 1870, over fifty years after her death. Together with the shorter recollections of James Edward's two sisters, Anna Lefroy and Caroline Austen, the Memoir remains the prime authority for her life and continues to inform all subsequent accounts.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163072415
Publisher:	Walrus Books
Publication date:	07/04/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Austen-Leigh described his "dear Aunt Jane" domestically, as someone who was uninterested in fame and who only wrote in her spare time. However, the manuscripts appended to the second edition suggest that Jane Austen was intensely interested in revising her manuscripts and was perhaps less content than Austen-Leigh described her. The Memoir does not attempt to unreservedly tell the story of Jane Austen's life.