Memoir of Jane Austen
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- 1869
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Preface and Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks--Birth of Jane Austen--Her Family
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Chapter 2: Description of Steventon--Life at Steventon--Changes of Habits and Customs in the last Century
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Chapter 3: Early Compositions--Friends at Ashe--A very Old Letter--Lines on the Death of Mrs. Lefroy--Observations on Jane Austen's Letter-writing--Letters
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Chapter 4: Removal from Steventon--Residence at Bath and at Southampton--Settling at Chawton
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Chapter 5: Description of Jane Austen's person, character, and tastes
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Chapter 6: Habits of Composition resumed after a long interval--First publication--The interest taken by the Author in the success of her Works
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Chapter 7: Seclusion from the literary world--Notice from the Prince Regent--Correspondence with Mr. Clarke--Suggestions to alter her style of writing
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Chapter 8: Slow growth of her fame--Ill success of first attempts at publication--Two Reviews of her works contrasted
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Chapter 9: Opinions expressed by eminent persons--Opinions of others of less eminence--Opinion of American readers
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Chapter 10: Observations on the Novels
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Chapter 11: Declining health of Jane Austen--Elasticity of her spirits--Her resignation and humility--Her death
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Chapter 12: The cancelled Chapter of 'Persuasion'
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Chapter 13: The last work
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Chapter 14: Postscript
7:10
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Family recollection gives Jane Austen a place among the people who knew her before her novels became widely celebrated. Writing in old age, her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh recalls an aunt whose kindness and humor mattered to her young relatives. His account begins with her birth at Steventon in Hampshire and the histories of her parents, then follows the households and places connected with her life.
Letters bring another voice into this biography. Austen comments on books circulating among readers at Chawton, weighs the pleasures of a social gathering, and describes a trip to London with her brother. These small observations sit alongside chapters on her writing habits, publication difficulties, and growing reputation.
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- First published
- 1869
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
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