Jane Austen: Family History (Hardcover)

There have been many studies, critical books, and learned articles produced over the years about Jane Austen which increased in the latter part of the 20th century. Her novels, juvenilia and surviving letters have been intensively researched. Added to this, there is a growing interest in her life, times, the importance of a sense of place to her writing and in her familial and social relationships. Included in this set of source books are: James Edward Austen-Leigh's "Recollections of the Early Days of the Vine Hunt" (1865) which describes some of the people who belonged to the Austen circle in Hampshire and their activities.