Jane Austen is one of England's greatest and best-loved novelists, whose
works are still widely read and enjoyed nearly two hundred years after
her death. Memories of Jane were increasingly recorded as her reputation
and fame grew in the nineteenth century. This is the life of Jane in the
words of the people who knew her; it provides a fascinating insight into
her life as a member of a close, loving family and her works as a
novelist. The Jane Austen Files brings these memories, in the form of
family diaries and memoirs by her nearest and dearest relatives, as well
as all of Jane's own letters, together in one volume. This book also
opens a window on to the England in which Jane Austen lived, and
lovingly set her novels.