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Memoir of Jane Austen

Name: Memoir of Jane Austen
Author: James Edward Austen-Leigh

James Edward Austen-Leigh

Read by Lorie Heinrichs, treefingers, Sibella Denton, Chloey Winters, M.C.Y., Lee Ann Howlett, JemmaBlythe, Giles Baker, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and Gesine · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface and Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks--Birth of Jane Austen--Her Family (23:37)
Chapter 2: Description of Steventon--Life at Steventon--Changes of Habits and Customs in the last Century (33:07)
Chapter 3: Early Compositions--Friends at Ashe--A very Old Letter--Lines on the Death of Mrs. Lefroy--Observations on Jane Austen's Letter-writing--Letters (36:37)
Chapter 4: Removal from Steventon--Residence at Bath and at Southampton--Settling at Chawton (23:26)
Chapter 5: Description of Jane Austen's person, character, and tastes (18:49)
Chapter 6: Habits of Composition resumed after a long interval--First publication--The interest taken by the Author in the success of her Works (18:19)
Chapter 7: Seclusion from the literary world--Notice from the Prince Regent--Correspondence with Mr. Clarke--Suggestions to alter her style of writing (31:45)
Chapter 8: Slow growth of her fame--Ill success of first attempts at publication--Two Reviews of her works contrasted (13:06)
Chapter 9: Opinions expressed by eminent persons--Opinions of others of less eminence--Opinion of American readers (13:39)
Chapter 10: Observations on the Novels (9:03)
Chapter 11: Declining health of Jane Austen--Elasticity of her spirits--Her resignation and humility--Her death (27:08)
Chapter 12: The cancelled Chapter of 'Persuasion' (23:11)
Chapter 13: The last work (20:40)
Chapter 14: Postscript (7:10)