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Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: 'I doubt whether it would be possible to mention any author of note, whose personal obscurity was so complete.' James Edward Austen-Leigh's «Memoir» of his aunt Jane Austen was published in 1870, over fifty years after her death. Together with the shorter recollections of James Edward's two sisters, Anna Lefroy and Caroline Austen, the «Memoir» remains the prime authority for her life and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This book includes an introduction by J.H. Stape, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill. Enormously influential on all later biographies of Jane Austen, the «Memoir of Jane Austen» (1869) by her nephew James Edward Austen — Leigh enjoys the privileged perspective of first-hand knowledge. It displays the deft touch of a man trained in the compassionate observation of human fallibility and virtue.…