Jane Austen: A Family Record -

William Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh, Deirdre Le Faye

Cambridge University Press

2004

408 páginas

13h 36m

ISBN-13: 9780521534178

The 1st ed. published in 1913 by William and Richard Arthur-Leigh was based on family traditions and surviving letters. This is the fully revised and enlarged edition by Deirdre Le Faye whose access to the Austen family archive allowed her to create a well-documented account of Jane Austen's life, family background and literary career.

Includes eight pages of plates, a chronology and genealogies

All the documented facts concerning the novelist are collected in this detailed account of Jane Austen's life, background and literary career. Her role within an affectionate and talented family group is described in the Austens' own words, showing how Jane was valued as daughter, sister, aunt and friend. The book demonstrates how Jane transformed the details of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside, along with the wartime careers of her brothers, into six novels that are among the most popular in the English language.