| Author: | Maggie Lane | ISBN: | 9780719813788 |
| Publisher: | Robert Hale | Publication: | July 1, 1992 |
| Imprint: | Robert Hale | Language: | English |
| Author: | Maggie Lane |
| ISBN: | 9780719813788 |
| Publisher: | Robert Hale |
| Publication: | July 1, 1992 |
| Imprint: | Robert Hale |
| Language: | English |
This book offers an intimate and intriguing account of Jane Austen's relations, from 1704, when her great-grandmother was left a widow with six children to support, through to 1870, and the destinies of her many nephews and nieces. Drawing extensively on letters and memoirs written by the Austen family over a period of 150 years, this book traces the development of the family from vigorous Georgian opportunism to respectable Victorian gentility.
This book offers an intimate and intriguing account of Jane Austen's relations, from 1704, when her great-grandmother was left a widow with six children to support, through to 1870, and the destinies of her many nephews and nieces. Drawing extensively on letters and memoirs written by the Austen family over a period of 150 years, this book traces the development of the family from vigorous Georgian opportunism to respectable Victorian gentility.
