"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 continue...

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1. Verfasser:	Austen-Leigh, James Edward (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2002
Ausgabe:	1. publ. as an Oxford World's classics paperback
Schriftenreihe:	Oxford world's classics
Schlagworte:	Austen, Jane <1775-1817> Austen, Jane <1775-1817> > Family Austen, Jane > 1775-1817 Geschichte 1800-1900 Novelists, English > 19th century > Biography Novelists, English > 19th century > Family relationships Biografie
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Zusammenfassung:	"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 nephew 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 raised 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 lesser known 'Memoir' of 1833, making the collection a unique biographical record."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:	LXII, 276 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0192840746