James Edward Austen-Leigh

A Memoir of Jane Austen

and Other Family Recollections
Ed.: Sutherland, Kathryn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique edition brings together for the first time Austen-Leigh's memoir of his aunt Jane Austen, together with shorter recollections by James Edward's two sisters. It also includes Jane's brother Henry's two biographical accounts.

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Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 191mm x 127mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 285g
• ISBN-13: 9780199540778
• ISBN-10: 0199540772
• Artikelnr.: 23482550

Inhaltsangabe

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.