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    A Memoir of Jane Austen (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): By Her Nephew

    By J. E. Austen-Leigh

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    Published in 1870, this was the first full-length biography of Jane Austen.  Written by her nephew, it is filled with loving family remembrances as well as details of social and domestic life in rural England.  Austen-Leigh's biography is the most influential source on Austen scholarship outside of Austen’s own writings.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarnes & Noble
    Release dateFeb 15, 2011
    ISBN9781411436817
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    • 4/5
      A good memoir but short.
    • 4/5
      Written by Austen's nephew at the beginning of the 20th century, it is a classic of hagiography. It is valuable for its personal and close remembrances, its extracts of Austen's personal correspondence. But one should always keep in mind that the goal of the writer was to protect a family member's public reputation.
    • 4/5
      I read the Oxford World's Classics edition which contained the following:A Memoir of Jane Austen - James Edward Austen-Leigh (1871)Biographical Notice of the Author - Henry Austen (1818)Memoir of Miss Austen - Henry Austen (1833)Recollections of Aunt Jane - Anna Lefroy (1864)My Aunt Jane Austen: A Memoir - Caroline Austen (1867)This book brings together a collection of memoirs and biographies of Jane Austen written by her brother (Henry Austen) and her nieces and nephews. James Edward Austen-Leigh's memoir is the longest of the collection of works included and, with their permission, made use of the recollections written by his sisters (Anna and Caroline) as well as Henry Austen's notice and memoir and various letters from their Aunt Jane which had come into their possession.This was an interesting selection of works, mainly because the detailed notes to this edition made it possible to see what information about Jane Austen had been left out of James Edward Austen-Leigh's memoir. It seems that he and his sisters wanted to present Jane Austen in a way that they felt was appropriate for the late 19th century and so certain events or incidents were glossed over. In particular a humorous poem that Jane Austen wrote a few days before her death which had been referred to in Henry Austen's first biography was deliberately not mentioned in James Edward Austen-Leigh's memoir because he and his sisters felt it made their beloved aunt appear frivolous. Additionally, James Edward Austen Leigh and his sisters did not have access to all of Jane Austen's letters that modern scholars have access to as these were then being held by other branches of the family.For the above reasons I wouldn't recommend this collection to someone who hadn't read a modern biography of Jane Austen. I also think it would be easier to first get a sense of Jane Austen's extended family from a modern biography and I think I would have found this book more confusing if I hadn't previously read one. But despite their occasional failings these writings are one of the primary sources for modern Jane Austen scholars and well worth reading if you want to find out more about the author and her world.If you are looking for a modern biography about Jane Austen then I found Claire Tomalin's Jane Austen: A Life to be superb.