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A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections

James Edward Austen-Leigh

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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. These are family memories, the record of Jane Austen's life shaped and limited by the loyalties, reserve, and affection of nieces and nephews recovering in old age the outlines of the young aunt they had each known. They still remembered the shape of her bonnet and the tone of her voice, and their first-hand accounts bring her vividly before us. Their declared partiality also raises fascinating issues concerning biographical truth, and the terms in which all biography functions.

This edition brings together for the first time these three memoirs, and also includes Jane's brother Henry Austen's Biographical Notice of 1818 and his less known Memoir of 1833.

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Pages:: pages

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Edition:: Oxford World’s Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0192840746

ISBN13:: 9780192840745

kindle Asin:: B005E836KO

A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections

James Edward Austen-Leigh

3.83/5 (1001 ratings)

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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. These are family memories, the record of Jane Austen's life shaped and limited by the loyalties, reserve, and affection of nieces and nephews recovering in old age the outlines of the young aunt they had each known. They still remembered the shape of her bonnet and the tone of her voice, and their first-hand accounts bring her vividly before us. Their declared partiality also raises fascinating issues concerning biographical truth, and the terms in which all biography functions.

This edition brings together for the first time these three memoirs, and also includes Jane's brother Henry Austen's Biographical Notice of 1818 and his less known Memoir of 1833.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Edition:: Oxford World’s Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0192840746

ISBN13:: 9780192840745

kindle Asin:: B005E836KO

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