The Jane Austen Memoirs : Two Works in One Volume

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Austen-Leigh, James Edward	Author	main author	all editions	confirmed
Austen-Leigh, William	Author	main author	all editions	confirmed

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Halcyon Classics

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A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record by William Austen-Leigh

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The Jane Austen Memoirs : Two Works in One Volume

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A Memoir of Jane Austen / by James Edward Austen Leigh (1869)

Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters, A Family Record / William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh (1913)

Original publication date

2009-12-16

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Jane Austen

Cassandra Austen (sister)

George Austen (father)

Cassandra Leigh Austen (mother)

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Steventon, Hampshire, England, UK

Bath, Somerset, England, UK

Chawton, Hampshire, England, UK

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This Halcyon Classics ebook contains two memoirs of 19th century British novelist Jane Austin:

'A Memoir of Jane Austen' written by James Edward Austen-Leigh, son of Jane's oldest brother James and his second wife Mary Lloyd.

'Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters, A Family Record' by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh,
son and the grandson of James Edward Austen-Leigh and his wife Emma, respectively. Richard was the son of Cholmeley Austen-Leigh and his wife Melesina.

Other family memoirs were
"Memoir of Miss Austen" and "Biographical Note of the Author" written by Jane's brother Henry Austen
"Recollections of Aunt Jane" written by Anna Lefroy, daughter of Jane's brother James Austen-Leigh and his first wife Anne Mathew
"My Aunt Jane" by Caroline Austen, youngest daughter of James Austen-Leigh; her mother was his second wife Mary Lloyd.

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