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In the present Edition, the narrative is somewhat enlarged, and a few more letters are added; with a short specimen of her childish stories. The cancelled chapter of ‘Persuasion’ is given, in compliance with wishes both publicly and privately expressed. A fragment of a story entitled ‘The Watsons’ is printed; p. iii and extracts are given from a novel which she had begun a few months before her death; but the chief addition is a short tale never before published, called ‘Lady Susan.’ {0a} I regret that the little which I have been able to add could not appear in my First Edition; as much of it was either unknown to me, or not at my command, when I first published; and I hope that I may claim some indulgent allowance for the difficulty of recovering little facts and feelings which had been merged half a century deep in oblivion." - James Edward Austen-Leigh in the Preface to Memoir of Jane Austen]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/6018817/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Arts</category><copyright>Copyright ciesse</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5d3802372cadec2a8cd1db0695cf960c.jpg</url><title>Memoir of Jane Austen by  James Edward Austen-Leigh (1798 - 1874)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/memoir-of-jane-austen-by-james-edward-au</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 02:57:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>ciesse</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>ciesse</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5d3802372cadec2a8cd1db0695cf960c.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>"The Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect.  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A fragment of a story entitled ‘The Watsons’ is printed; p. iii and extracts are given from a novel which she had begun a few months before her death; but the chief addition is a short tale never before published, called ‘Lady Susan.’ {0a} I regret that the little which I have been able to add could not appear in my First Edition; as much of it was either unknown to me, or not at my command, when I first published; and I hope that I may claim some indulgent allowance for the difficulty of recovering little facts and feelings which had been merged half a century deep in oblivion." - James Edward Austen-Leigh in the Preface to Memoir of Jane Austen]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"/><itunes:category text="Fiction"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>5011ee7c-ffe2-5924-951a-759900c22f98</podcast:guid><itunes:type>serial</itunes:type><item><title>Chapter 5: Description of Jane Austen's person, character, and 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