A Memoir of Jane Austen

With an introduction by Dr Sally MinogueJane Austen''s nephew James knew her fondly as Aunt Jane when he was a child, attended her funeral in Winchester Cathedral as a young man, and wrote this memoir of her some 50 years after her death, as her fame was growing. He could not have imaged Austen''s immense importance as a writer, and the curiosity about her, in today''s world. That is part of the charm of James Austen-Leigh''s memoir, which remains the touchstone for all later biographers. H...