A Memoir of Jane Austen

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INDEX
Abercromby, General Sir Ralph 56 and
note
Alton, Hants 67, 127, 159, 171
Amateur theatricals 28 and note
Amiens, Treaty of 27
Austen family, origins of 10–11
Austen, Anna, see Lefroy, Jane Anna
Elizabeth
Austen, Caroline Mary Craven (1805–80;
JA’s niece, daughter of James) ill.
164, 180; describes Chawton Cottage
167–8; closeness in later years
to Aunt Cassandra 162
and JA: character and appearance 169;
JA and children 72–3, 169, 174; JA’s
daily routine 170–1; letter from JA
127; JA’s relationship to Cassandra
175; possible JA romances 186,
187–8; JA’s dexterity 77–9, 171;
JA’s singing 193; JA’s portrait 192;
JA’s writing 172–3; JA’s last illness
127–8, 177–82; JA’s funeral 187;
objects to making public JA’s last
verses 190–1; inherits JA memorabilia
59 n.
literary activities: childhood stories 42,
174; helps JEAL with Memoir 10
and passim, 185–8, 193; Memoir of
My Aunt Jane Austen 163–82, 262
headnote; Reminiscences 49 n., 170 n.
Austen, Cassandra (1739–1827; JA’s
mother), Mrs George Austen (née
Leigh): ancestry 11 and note,
44; marriage and early days at
Deane 11, 13; character and traits in
common with JA 15; health 15, 177;
gardening 31 n.; offer of Chawton
Cottage 67, 166–7; death 15
and family: fostering out of children
39 and note; and story of JA’s refusal
to be separated from Cassandra 18,
160; domestic routine at Chawton
168, 171; Leigh Perrot will 120 n.;
on JA’s death 197–8
Austen, Cassandra Elizabeth (1773–1845;
JA’s sister): character 19; boarding
school 18 and note, 28; engagement
28 and note; death 69; ‘the best
of then living Authorities’ 162;
Caroline Austen on 169, 188; and
Godmersham, Kent 158; excursion
to the Wye with brother Charles 192
and JA: their closeness 18–19 and note,
175, 198; memorandum of JA’s
novels 44 n.; portrait of JA 70 and
note, 192; ‘does not like desultory
novels’ 76; in JA’s last illness
128–31, 142, 150, 179, 182, 187;
destroys JA’s letters 174; dispersal
of JA’s manuscripts and
memorabilia 43 n., 50 n., 184
Austen, Cassandra (Cassy) Esten
(1808–97; JA’s niece): as child 89
and note, 170, 174; co-operates
with JEAL on Memoir 40 n., 63 n.,
84 n., 97 n., 184, 192; memorabilia of
JA 184 and note
Austen, Catherine Anne, see Hubback,
Catherine Anne
Austen, Charles John (1779–1852; JA’s
brother) 55–7, 64–5, 123–4;
character 17–18; childhood
anecdote of 160; naval career 17–18
and note; death 17
and family: gives crosses to sisters 56
and note; children 170 and note;
receives news of Leigh Perrot will
120 and note; excursion to the Wye
with sister Cassandra 192
and JA: details from his naval
experiences incorporated in her
novels 17 n., 56 n.; letter from JA
120 and note; not at her funeral 187
Austen, Edward, see Knight, Edward
Austen, Edward, see Austen-Leigh, James
Edward
Austen, Elizabeth (1773–1808; JA’s
sister-in-law, née Bridges) 67 n.,
158 n.; Anna Lefroy on her lack of
fondness for JA 158