A Memoir of Jane Austen

by James Edward Austen-Leigh

Overview

According to Wikipedia: "A Memoir of Jane Austen is a biography of the novelist Jane Austen (1775–1817) published in 1869 by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh. A second edition was published in 1871 which included previously unpublished Jane Austen writings. A family project, the biography was written by James Edward Austen-Leigh but owed much to the recollections of Jane Austen's many relatives. However, it was the decisions of her close friend and sister, Cassandra Austen, to destroy many of Jane's letters after her death that shaped the material available for the biography."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455431021
Publisher:	Seltzer Books
Publication date:	11/26/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	697 KB

About the Author

James Edward Austen-Leigh (1798-1894) was Jane Austen's nephew and son of her eldest brother James.
His Memoir brings together Austen-Leigh's recollections of 'dear Aunt Jane' along with recollections of various other members of the Austen family. Austen-Leigh provides descriptions of life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
According to the British Library, James Edward Austen-Leigh wrote and published A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1869 and two years later published a second, enlarged edition which included extra letters and recollections, as well as early or incomplete drafts of several previously unknown Austen works. This edition was published in 1926.

Table of Contents

1. Introductory remarks;
2. Description of Steventon;
3. Early compositions;
4. Removal from Steventon;
5. Description of Jane Austen's person, character and tastes;
6. Habits of composition resumed after a long interval;
7. Seclusion from the literary world;
8. Slow growth of her fame;
9. Opinions expressed by eminent persons;
10. Observations on the novels;
11. Declining health of Jane Austen;
12. Postscript.