In the mid-nineteenth century, as Jane Austen's fame grew, her
family was under increasing pressure to provide details about her
life and work. Her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh, who had known
her personally, collected a series of reminiscences, letters and
family documents and put them together in this very first
full-length biography of Jane Austen, published in 1870.
Concentrating on his aunt Jane's life in rural southern England, he
made public for the first time the domestic and social context
which nurtured her and within which she wrote her famous novels. He
also gave previously unknown details about her efforts to publish
her work, including some of her correspondence. At the same time he
created a partial portrait of a modest, unassuming and devout
woman, living 'in entire seclusion from the literary world', which
has influenced Austen scholarship ever since.
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