Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings“The Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect. The notices taken of it in the periodical press, as well as letters addressed to me by many with whom I am not personally acquainted, show that an unabated interest is still taken in every particular that can be told about her. I am thus encouraged not only to offer a Second Edition of the Memoir, but also to enlarge it with some additional matter which I might have scrupled to intrude on the public if they had not thus seemed to call for it. In the present Edition, the narrative is somewhat enlarged, and a few more letters are added; with a short specimen of her childish stories. The cancelled chapter of ‘Persuasion’ is given, in compliance with wishes both publicly and privately expressed. A fragment of a story entitled ‘The Watsons’ is printed; and extracts are given from a novel which she had begun a few months before her death; but the chief addition is a short tale never before published, called ‘Lady Susan.’ I regret that the little which I have been able to add could not appear in my First Edition; as much of it was either unknown to me, or not at my command, when I first published; and I hope that I may claim some indulgent allowance for the difficulty of recovering little facts and feelings which had been merged half a century deep in oblivion.” – James Edward Austen-Leigh in the Preface to Memoir of Jane Austen
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Episodes
01 – Preface and Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks–Birth of Jane Austen–Her Family
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
02 – Description of Steventon–Life at Steventon–Changes of Habits and Customs in the last Century
January 01, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 – Early Compositions–Friends at Ashe–A very Old Letter–Lines on the Death of Mrs. Lefroy–Observations on Jane Austen’s Letter-writing–Letters
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
04 – Removal from Steventon–Residence at Bath and at Southampton–Settling at Chawton
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
05 – Description of Jane Austen’s person, character, and tastes
December 29, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
06 – Habits of Composition resumed after a long interval–First publication–The interest taken by the Author in the success of her Works
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
07 – Seclusion from the literary world–Notice from the Prince Regent–Correspondence with Mr. Clarke–Suggestions to alter her style of writing
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
08 – Slow growth of her fame–Ill success of first attempts at publication–Two Reviews of her works contrasted
December 26, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
09 – Opinions expressed by eminent persons–Opinions of others of less eminence–Opinion of American readers
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 – Observations on the Novels
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 9 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
11 – Declining health of Jane Austen–Elasticity of her spirits–Her resignation and humility–Her death
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
12 – The Cancelled Chapter of ‘Persuasion.’
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
13 – The Last Work
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
14 – Chapter 14: Postscript
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com