James Edward Austen-Leigh
Posts in The Copybook credited to ‘James Edward Austen-Leigh’
In The Copybook
Posts in The Copybook credited to ‘James Edward Austen-Leigh’
In The Copybook
James Edward Austen-Leigh tells us what it was that made his aunt, the celebrated novelist Jane Austen, so remarkable.
James Austen-Leigh has been describing the accomplishments of his aunt, the novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817). She was fluent in French, he tells us, and a decent pianist with a pleasant singing voice; she was much addicted to the novels of Samuel Richardson and the poetry of George Crabbe, and well-read in English history too.