Jane Austen A Family Record [Paperback]

An account of Jane Austen's life, background and literary career drawn largely from family letters and diaries.This detailed account of Jane Austen's life, background and literary career collects together all the documented facts concerning the novelist, and illuminates her place within an affectionate and talented family group. Many of the facts are given in the Austens' own words; they show how Jane was valued as daughter, sister, aunt and friend, and how she transformed the stuff of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside, together with the wartime careers of her brothers, into the six novels that are among the most popular in the English language.This detailed account of Jane Austen's life, background and literary career collects together all the documented facts concerning the novelist, and illuminates her place within an affectionate and talented family group. Many of the facts are given in the Austens' own words; they show how Jane was valued as daughter, sister, aunt and friend, and how she transformed the stuff of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside, together with the wartime careers of her brothers, into the six novels that are among the most popular in the English language.All the documented facts concerning the novelist are collected in this detailed account of Jane Austen's life, background and literary career. Her role within an affectionate and talented family group is described in the Austens' own words, showing how Jane was valued as daughter, sister, aunt and friend. The book demonstrates how Jane transformed the details of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside, along with the wartime careers of her brothers, into six novels that are among the most popular in the English language.Illustrations; Foreword Joan Impey; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes and Abbreviations; Chronology of Jane Austen's life; 1. Austens and Leighs, 16001764; 2. Deane and Steventon, 176475; 3. India and France, 175285; 4. Childhood and Steventon,lc,