Index:A memoir of Jane Austen (Fourth Edition).pdf

Title	A Memoir of Jane Austen
Author	James Edward Austen-Leigh
Year	1879
Publisher	R. Bentley
Location	London
Source	pdf
Progress	Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.	PAGE
Introductory Remarks—Birth of Jane Austen—Her Family Connections—Their Influence on her Writings.	1
CHAPTER II.
Description of Steventon—Life at Steventon—Changes of Habits and Customs in the last Century	18
CHAPTER III.
Early Compositions—Friends at Ashe—A very Old Letter—Lines on the Death of Mrs. Lefroy—Observations on Jane Austen's Letter-writing—Letters.	41
CHAPTER IV.
Removal from Steventon—Residence at Bath and at Southampton—Settling at Chawton	66
CHAPTER V.
Description of Jane Austen's person, character, and tastes	82
CHAPTER VI.
Habits of Composition resumed after a long interval—First publication—The interest taken by the Author in the success of her Works	95
CHAPTER VII.
Seclusion from the literary world—Notice from the Prince Regent—Correspondence with Mr. Clarke—Suggestions to alter her style of writing	108
CHAPTER VIII.
Slow growth of her fame—Ill success of first attempts at publication—Two Reviews of her works contrasted	127
CHAPTER IX.
Opinions expressed by eminent persons—Opinions of others of less eminence—Opinion of American readers	136
CHAPTER X.
Observations on the Novels	144
CHAPTER XI.
Declining health of Jane Austen—Elasticity of her spirits—Her resignation and humility—Her death	150
CHAPTER XII.
The cancelled Chapter of 'Persuasion'	167
CHAPTER XIII.
The last work	181
CHAPTER XIV.
Postscript	195

LADY SUSAN	199
THE WATSONS	297