Book · 1871 · England
A Memoir of Jane Austen
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This is from a – sorry, let me just make sure I know what this is actually from. Yeah. Okay. So this is from – well, it's called a memoir. I don't know this book. A memoir of Jane Austen by – Okay. Oh, it's by one of her nephew.
Stephen Dubner · Freakonomics Radio · Jul 2013 Why people recommend it
A Memoir of Jane Austen is a biographical work written by James Edward Austen-Leigh about the renowned English novelist. On The Book Review in 2024, Deborah Yaffe discussed the historical publication of this family memoir. Yaffe noted that conventional wisdom attributes the 1870 release to Austen's nephew, who had known the author as a teenager and later published his collection of family reminiscences in his seventies. Similarly, on Freakonomics Radio in 2013, Stephen Dubner identified a memoir about Jane Austen as the source of a quotation regarding her writing process for Emma, which led to a discussion about its author. Dubner and his guest acknowledged that the book was written by one of her nephews, who had personal ties to the novelist. Both podcast appearances highlighted how this foundational text serves as a key historical source for understanding Jane Austen's personal life and literary legacy through the recollections of her extended family, cementing its status as an essential point of reference for biographers, scholars, and readers interested in the intricate domestic world and personal history of the celebrated author.
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Deborah Yaffe usually the conventional wisdom is to say that in 1870 her nephew James Edward Austin Lee who had known her… 1
“usually the conventional wisdom is to say that in 1870 her nephew James Edward Austin Lee who had known her when he was a teenager and then by this time was in his 70s decided to publish a collection of family reminiscences of Jane Austin the Memoir of Jane Austin”
Stephen Dubner This is from a – sorry, let me just make sure I know what this is actually from. Yeah. Okay. So this is fro… 1
“This is from a – sorry, let me just make sure I know what this is actually from. Yeah. Okay. So this is from – well, it's called a memoir. I don't know this book. A memoir of Jane Austen by – Okay. Oh, it's by one of her nephew.”