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Author: Deirdre Le Faye Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521534178 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 412
Book Description
This book is the outcome of years of research in Austen archives, and stems from the original family biography by W. and R. A. Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen: her Life and Letters. Jane Austen, A Family Record was first published in 1989, and this new edition incorporates information that has come to light since then, and provides new illustrations and updated family trees. Le Faye gives a detailed account of Austen s life and literary career. She has collected together documented facts as well as the traditions concerning the novelist, and places her within the context of a widespread, affectionate and talented family group. Readers will learn how Austen transformed the stuff of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside into six novels that are amongst the most popular in the English language. This fascinating record of Austen and her family will be of great interest to general readers and scholars alike.
Author: Deirdre Le Faye Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521534178 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 412
Book Description
This book is the outcome of years of research in Austen archives, and stems from the original family biography by W. and R. A. Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen: her Life and Letters. Jane Austen, A Family Record was first published in 1989, and this new edition incorporates information that has come to light since then, and provides new illustrations and updated family trees. Le Faye gives a detailed account of Austen s life and literary career. She has collected together documented facts as well as the traditions concerning the novelist, and places her within the context of a widespread, affectionate and talented family group. Readers will learn how Austen transformed the stuff of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside into six novels that are amongst the most popular in the English language. This fascinating record of Austen and her family will be of great interest to general readers and scholars alike.
Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Franklin Classics ISBN: 9780342605293 Category : Languages : en Pages : 462
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: William Austen-Leigh Publisher: ISBN: 9781462293674 Category : Languages : en Pages : 452
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Hardcover reprint of the original 1913 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: William Austen-Leigh. Jane Austen Her Life And Letters A Family Record. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: William Austen-Leigh. Jane Austen Her Life And Letters A Family Record. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1913. Subject: History
Author: William Austen-Leigh Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781507677117 Category : Languages : en Pages : 306
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"[...]difficult to picture to oneself a set of modern Oxford men standing patiently after dinner, in the dining-parlour, as Theophilus's sons did, 'till desired to sit down and drink Church and King.' Meanwhile, his brother-in-law, the Duke of Chandos (the patron of Handel), used to send for the daughters to be educated in the splendour of Canons (his place in Middlesex), and to make such matches as he chose for them with dowries of £3000 a-piece. Cassandra's father, Thomas, was the fourth son of Theophilus Leigh. An older and better known brother was another Theophilus, Master of Balliol for more than half a century. The story of his election, in 1727, is remarkable. The Fellows of Balliol could not agree in the choice of any one of their own body; and one set, thinking it would be no disadvantage to have a duke's brother as master,[...]".
Author: Deirdre Le Faye
Author: Deirdre Le Faye
Author: Jane Austen
Author: William Austen-Leigh
Author: William Austen-Leigh
Author: W. A. Austen-leigh
Author: William Austen-Leigh
Author: Austen-Leigh, William
Author: Jane Austen
Author: William Austen-Leigh
Author: William Austen-Leigh Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh