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A Memoir of Jane Austen
1869 biography of the novelist Jane Austen
Victorianized portrait of Jane Austen produced for the Memoir | |
| Author | James Edward Austen-Leigh |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Jane Austen |
| Genre | Biography |
| Published | 1869 |
A Memoir of Jane Austen is a biography of the novelist Jane Austen (1775–1817) published in 1869[1] by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh.
A second edition was published in 1871 which included previously unpublished Jane Austen writings.[2] A family project, the biography was written by James Edward Austen-Leigh but owed much to the recollections of Jane Austen's many relatives.
However, it was the decisions of her sister, Cassandra Austen, to destroy many of Jane's letters after her death that shaped the material available for the biography.
Austen-Leigh described his "dear Aunt Jane" domestically, as someone who was uninterested in fame and who only wrote in her spare time.
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