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Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh (1798 - 1874)

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"The Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect. The notices taken of it in the periodical press, as well as letters addressed to me by many with whom I am not personally acquainted, show that an unabated interest is still taken in every particular that can be told about her. I am thus encouraged not only to offer a Second Edition of the Memoir, but also to enlarge it with some additional matter which I might have scrupled to intrude on the public if they had not thus seemed to call for it. In the present Edition, the narrative is somewhat...

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Nov 23, 2023

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Episodes

Chapter 14: Postscript 23.11.2023
Chapter 12: The cancelled Chapter of 'Persuasion' 23.11.2023
Chapter 2: Description of Steventon--Life at Steventon--Changes of Habits and Customs in the last Century 23.11.2023
Chapter 4: Removal from Steventon--Residence at Bath and at Southampton--Settling at Chawton 23.11.2023
Chapter 8: Slow growth of her fame--Ill success of first attempts at publication--Two Reviews of her works contrasted 23.11.2023
Chapter 13: The last work 23.11.2023
Chapter 3: Early Compositions--Friends at Ashe--A very Old Letter--Lines on the Death of Mrs. Lefroy--Observations on Jane Austen's Letter-w 23.11.2023
Chapter 7: Seclusion from the literary world--Notice from the Prince Regent--Correspondence with Mr. Clarke--Suggestions to alter her style 23.11.2023
Chapter 11: Declining health of Jane Austen--Elasticity of her spirits--Her resignation and humility--Her death 23.11.2023
Preface and Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks--Birth of Jane Austen--Her Family 23.11.2023
Chapter 9: Opinions expressed by eminent persons--Opinions of others of less eminence--Opinion of American readers 23.11.2023
Chapter 10: Observations on the Novels 23.11.2023
Chapter 6: Habits of Composition resumed after a long interval--First publication--The interest taken by the Author in the success of her Wo 23.11.2023
Chapter 5: Description of Jane Austen's person, character, and tastes 23.11.2023

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