Beschreibung:
An account of Jane Austen's life, background and literary career drawn largely from family letters and diaries.
Illustrations; Foreword Joan Impey; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes and Abbreviations; Chronology of Jane Austen's life; 1. Austens and Leighs, 1600-1764; 2. Deane and Steventon, 1764-75; 3. India and France, 1752-85; 4. Childhood and Steventon, 1775-86; 5. Family Life, 1786-92; 6. First compositions, 1787-92; 7. The young Jane, 1792-6; 8. Later years at Steventon, 1796-9; 9. The Leigh-Perrots and Bath, 1799-1801; 10. Bath and the West Country, 1801-4; 11. Bath and Southampton, 1804-8; 12. Southampton and Chawton, 1808-9; 13. First publication, 1809-12; 14. Pride and Prejudice, 1813; 15. Mansfield Park and Emma, 1814-15; 16. Emma and Persuasion, 1816-17; 17. Biography, 1817 and after; References; Bibliography; Family pedigrees; Origin and descent of biographical information on Jane Austen.