A review by eastofthesunwestofthemoon
A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections by James Edward Austen-Leigh

4.0

3 stars for the actual biography portion. It's not bad, considering the dearth of source material, but it is dated and dry and doesn't bring Jane Austen as much to life as I would have liked. However, I'm bumping the work to 4 stars for the inclusion of The Watsons and Lady Susan, both of which were excellent reads and neither of which I had read before. I can only regret that Jane Austen never had time to finish writing The Watsons , although I now believe I will seek out some of the completions by modern authors and see if any of them satisfy.