{"product_id":"a-memoir-of-jane-austen-together-with-lady-susan-a-novel-paperback-9781108003575","title":"A Memoir of Jane Austen; Together with 'Lady Susan': a Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108003575","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Memoir of Jane Austen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTogether with 'Lady Susan': a Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMuch expanded version of the 1870 Memoir, including first publication of Lady Susan and The Watsons.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Edward Austen Leigh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108003575, 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\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 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\"\u003eWhen James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir of his famous aunt was published in 1870, far from satisfying public curiosity about Jane Austen as the family had intended, it simply raised a series of new questions, particularly about Jane Austen's unpublished work, which had been mentioned only in passing. Austen Leigh was persuaded to issue a much-expanded second edition in 1871. Here he included for the first time the complete texts of Jane Austen's novel in letters, Lady Susan, and the fragmentary novel The Watsons, as well as a brief summary of her last unfinished work, later known as Sanditon. At the same time he took the opportunity to revise the biographical sections of the Memoir partly to include new information that had come to light since the first edition, so that all in all the second edition has a significance for Austen scholars quite separate from the first.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introductory Remarks\u003cbr\u003e 2. Descriptions 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\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. The cancelled chapter of Persuasion\u003cbr\u003e 13. The last work\u003cbr\u003e 14. Postscript\u003cbr\u003e 15. Lady Susan\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Watsons.\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":46265905217816,"sku":"9781108003575","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108003575i.jpg?v=1694867178","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-memoir-of-jane-austen-together-with-lady-susan-a-novel-paperback-9781108003575","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}