Jane Austen and Her Times

Name: Jane Austen and Her Times
Author: Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography

_Sense and Sensibility_, 185, 188-189;
      _Northanger Abbey_, 189, 193-194;
      removal to Bath, 212-213, 215-218;
      Green Park Buildings and Gay Street, 223;
      at Lyme, 249-251;
      visit to Godmersham (1805), 251;
      move to Southampton, 251, 254;
      visits to Eastwell and Goodnestone, 253;
      at Southampton, 257-258;
      at Chawton, 267-270;
      visits to London, 278-279, 286-288;
      theatre-going, 290, 293-295;
      at Godmersham (1813), 296;
      nursing Henry (1815), 298, 303-304;
      interview with Prince Regent’s librarian, 304-305;
      failing health, 314-319;
      last work, 316-317;
      at Winchester, 318;
      death, 319-320;
      tomb and memorials, 321-322.
    _Characteristics_—
      Appearance, 58.
      Asperity, 129.
      Cheerfulness, 58, 129, 324.
      Critical faculty, 185.
      Fastidiousness, 129, 132.
      Health, 58-59.
      Humour, 1, 181.
      Narrowness of vision, 50, 254.
      Penetration and grasp of detail, 1, 9, 49, 81, 95, 129, 132, 318.
      Practicality, 58.
      Selective faculty, 311.
      Superficiality, 58.
      Vivacity and wit, 123, 129.
    Comparison of, with Fanny Burney, 87, 97;
      with George Eliot, 100-101;
      with Charlotte Brontë, 103-104;
      with Maria Edgeworth, 181-182.
    Estimates of, unfavourable, 128.
    Portrait of, at 15, 32;
      later, 57.
  Austen-Leigh, James Edward (nephew), birth of, 194;
    name of Leigh assumed by, 17, 216;
    _Memoir_ of Jane Austen by, 17;
    memorial brass inserted by, 321;
    _quoted_—on Steventon, 13, 14;
      on Jane’s popularity with children, 23;
      on Jane’s accomplishments, 32-33;
      on furniture, 63;
      on Jane’s early writings, 78;
      on the Coopers, 118;
      on minuets, 126;
      on the sea-side romance, 131-132;
      on the home at Southampton, 255;
      on Henry Austen, 278;
      on _Persuasion_, 314-315, 317;
    _cited_—on minuet-dancing, 223;
    letters in the _Memoir_, 249, 276;
    _The Watsons_ in the _Memoir_, 251;
    cancelled chapter of _Persuasion_ in the _Memoir_, 315.

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Jane Austen and Her Times

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography

_Sense and Sensibility_, 185, 188-189;
      _Northanger Abbey_, 189, 193-194;
      removal to Bath, 212-213, 215-218;
      Green Park Buildings and Gay Street, 223;
      at Lyme, 249-251;
      visit to Godmersham (1805), 251;
      move to Southampton, 251, 254;
      visits to Eastwell and Goodnestone, 253;
      at Southampton, 257-258;
      at Chawton, 267-270;
      visits to London, 278-279, 286-288;
      theatre-going, 290, 293-295;
      at Godmersham (1813), 296;
      nursing Henry (1815), 298, 303-304;
      interview with Prince Regent’s librarian, 304-305;
      failing health, 314-319;
      last work, 316-317;
      at Winchester, 318;
      death, 319-320;
      tomb and memorials, 321-322.
    _Characteristics_—
      Appearance, 58.
      Asperity, 129.
      Cheerfulness, 58, 129, 324.
      Critical faculty, 185.
      Fastidiousness, 129, 132.
      Health, 58-59.
      Humour, 1, 181.
      Narrowness of vision, 50, 254.
      Penetration and grasp of detail, 1, 9, 49, 81, 95, 129, 132, 318.
      Practicality, 58.
      Selective faculty, 311.
      Superficiality, 58.
      Vivacity and wit, 123, 129.
    Comparison of, with Fanny Burney, 87, 97;
      with George Eliot, 100-101;
      with Charlotte Brontë, 103-104;
      with Maria Edgeworth, 181-182.
    Estimates of, unfavourable, 128.
    Portrait of, at 15, 32;
      later, 57.
  Austen-Leigh, James Edward (nephew), birth of, 194;
    name of Leigh assumed by, 17, 216;
    _Memoir_ of Jane Austen by, 17;
    memorial brass inserted by, 321;
    _quoted_—on Steventon, 13, 14;
      on Jane’s popularity with children, 23;
      on Jane’s accomplishments, 32-33;
      on furniture, 63;
      on Jane’s early writings, 78;
      on the Coopers, 118;
      on minuets, 126;
      on the sea-side romance, 131-132;
      on the home at Southampton, 255;
      on Henry Austen, 278;
      on _Persuasion_, 314-315, 317;
    _cited_—on minuet-dancing, 223;
    letters in the _Memoir_, 249, 276;
    _The Watsons_ in the _Memoir_, 251;
    cancelled chapter of _Persuasion_ in the _Memoir_, 315.

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Jane Austen and Her Times

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