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A review by kristin
A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections by James Edward Austen-Leigh, Henry Austen, Caroline Austen, Kathryn Sutherland, Anna Austen Lefroy
4.0
This is an interesting little book that gives you a big insight into who Jane Austen was as a person. The descriptions of her appearance, beliefs and achievements help you to understand her better and make you feel as if you knew her.
It's very apparent that her character allowed her to be 'the most astute observer of the human heart'.
It's also interesting to see which parts of her life appear in her books, as you go along you can work out what inspired her to write certain people and to put certain events in.
I love that there are rare pieces of her writing, her letters, an original ending to persuasion an that she did actually speak about what became of her characters after the books.
'Miss Steele never succeeded in catching the Doctor; that Kitty Bennet was satisfactorily married to a clergyman near Pemberley, while Mary obtained nothing higher than one of her uncle Philip’s clerks, and was content to be considered a star in the society of Meriton; that the ‘considerable sum’ given by Mrs. Norris to William Price was one pound; that Mr. Woodhouse survived his daughter’s marriage, and kept her and Mr. Knightley from settling at Donwell, about two years; and that the letters placed by Frank Churchill before Jane Fairfax, which she swept away unread, contained the word ‘pardon.’
It's very apparent that her character allowed her to be 'the most astute observer of the human heart'.
It's also interesting to see which parts of her life appear in her books, as you go along you can work out what inspired her to write certain people and to put certain events in.
I love that there are rare pieces of her writing, her letters, an original ending to persuasion an that she did actually speak about what became of her characters after the books.
'Miss Steele never succeeded in catching the Doctor; that Kitty Bennet was satisfactorily married to a clergyman near Pemberley, while Mary obtained nothing higher than one of her uncle Philip’s clerks, and was content to be considered a star in the society of Meriton; that the ‘considerable sum’ given by Mrs. Norris to William Price was one pound; that Mr. Woodhouse survived his daughter’s marriage, and kept her and Mr. Knightley from settling at Donwell, about two years; and that the letters placed by Frank Churchill before Jane Fairfax, which she swept away unread, contained the word ‘pardon.’