Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh
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"Memoir of Jane Austen" by James Edward Austen-Leigh is a biography published in 1869. Written by Austen's nephew with help from family members, this Victorian-era memoir introduced the wider public to Jane Austen's works for the first time. Drawing on scattered family recollections and carefully edited letters, Austen-Leigh portrays his aunt as a domestic, unambitious writer. Yet the portrait remains incomplete—shaped by what Cassandra Austen chose to preserve or destroy, and by
Victorian conventions that kept private matters hidden. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Austen-Leigh, James Edward, 1798-1874 |
|---|---|
| Title | Memoir of Jane Austen |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Memoir_of_Jane_Austen |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1871 Richard Bentley and Son edition by Les Bowler |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography |
| Subject | Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17797 |
| Release Date | Feb 19, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1719 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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