A Memoir of Jane Austen

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A Memoir of Jane Austen is an 1869 biographical work by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh that offers a foundational, intimate portrait of the novelist’s life and family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical work
book
about Jane Austen NERFINISHED
alternativeTitle Memoir of Jane Austen NERFINISHED
author James Edward Austen-Leigh NERFINISHED
centuryOfPublication 19th century
contains anecdotes about Jane Austen’s personality
descriptions of Austen family relationships
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstEditionPublisher Richard Bentley NERFINISHED
genre biography
literary biography
hasAuthorGender male
hasAuthorNationality British
hasBiographicalApproach family-authored account
reminiscence-based biography
hasBiographicalSubject English novelist Jane Austen NERFINISHED
hasForm book volume
print
hasSubjectNationality English
hasSubjectProfession novelist
hasTitle A Memoir of Jane Austen NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance primary source for early Austen scholarship
impact shaped early public image of Jane Austen
includes details of Jane Austen’s domestic life
early biographical sketch of Jane Austen
recollections of Jane Austen by relatives
influenced later Jane Austen biographies
intendedAudience general reading public
literaryForm prose
literaryMovementContext Victorian era reception of Jane Austen
literaryPeriodOfSubject Regency era NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective family member
notableFor foundational portrait of Jane Austen
intimate depiction of Jane Austen’s family life
originalLanguage English
placeOfFirstPublication London NERFINISHED
portrays Jane Austen’s character and manners
social milieu of the Austen family
publicationYear 1869
relationshipOfAuthorToSubject nephew
subject family of Jane Austen
life of Jane Austen
timePeriodDescribed early 19th century
late 18th century
workChronologyPosition first full-length biography of Jane Austen
workFocus personal life rather than literary criticism

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