{"product_id":"a-memoir-of-jane-austen-paperback-9781108003568","title":"A Memoir of Jane Austen (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108003568","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Memoir of Jane Austen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first full-length biography of Jane Austen, including personal reminiscences of her life and work.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAusten Leigh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108003568, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages, 8 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the mid-nineteenth century, as Jane Austen's fame grew, her family was under increasing pressure to provide details about her life and work. Her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh, who had known her personally, collected a series of reminiscences, letters and family documents and put them together in this very first full-length biography of Jane Austen, published in 1870. Concentrating on his aunt Jane's life in rural southern England, he made public for the first time the domestic and social context which nurtured her and within which she wrote her famous novels. He also gave previously unknown details about her efforts to publish her work, including some of her correspondence. At the same time he created a partial portrait of a modest, unassuming and devout woman, living 'in entire seclusion from the literary world', which has influenced Austen scholarship ever since.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introductory remarks\u003cbr\u003e 2. Description of Steventon\u003cbr\u003e 3. Early compositions\u003cbr\u003e 4. Removal from Steventon\u003cbr\u003e 5. Description of Jane Austen's person, character and tastes\u003cbr\u003e 6. Habits of composition resumed after a long interval\u003cbr\u003e 7. Seclusion from the literary world\u003cbr\u003e 8. Slow growth of her fame\u003cbr\u003e 9. Opinions expressed by eminent persons\u003cbr\u003e 10. Observations on the novels\u003cbr\u003e 11. Declining health of Jane Austen\u003cbr\u003e 12. Postscript.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005930131736,"sku":"9781108003568","price":22.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108003568i_eda5329a-0426-4857-b5e5-01f4a1a19b8c.jpg?v=1694867166","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-memoir-of-jane-austen-paperback-9781108003568","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}