Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters: A Family Record
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Tags: Biography, Classics, Non-Fiction
ISBN:0548768080
Enter the world of the woman behind the beloved classics. Here, in her own words and in the stories of those who knew her best, Jane Austen comes alive.
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Jane Austen’s personal life and words were brought to light in this exemplary 1913 biography, written by the author’s descendants. Seeking to do justice to Austen’s legend with a factual and uncompromising biography, Richard and William Austen-Leigh embarked on meticulous research among their family archives. By drawing from Austen’s own words in personal correspondence as well as first-hand memories from relatives and friends, the Austen-Leighs were able to bring forth a life-story unparalleled in its detail and scope. This is an intimate look at one of literature’s brightest stars—in her own words and in the words of those who knew her best.
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Since 1870-1, when J. E. Austen Leigh[1] published his Memoir of Jane Austen, considerable additions have been made to the stock of information available for her biographers. Of these fresh sources of knowledge the set of letters from Jane to Cassandra, edited by Lord Brabourne, has been by far ...
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