Written by her nephew, this memoir offers an intimate, familial look at the figure so many readers have come to know, simply and affectionately, as "Jane."
PREFACE. 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 ...