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  1. George Austen’s collection of books (some 500 volumes) were sold when the family moved from Steventon to Bath in 1801. James Austen bought some of the volumes (approx 200), but not all. In the Jane Austen Society Report of 1993, an article by Robin Vick describes the sale of the family’s possessions. It was undertaken by Benjamin Stroud an ...

  2. Add to Basket. Reserve. AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels. Edinburgh : 1911-12. £5,750.00. Stock Code: 167187. First expanded Winchester edition, the most attractive unillustrated edition of Austen's works produced around the turn of the century, here uniformly bound in contemporary morocco and scarce thus.

  3. Austen met Cassandra Leigh while he was a student at Oxford. They married on 26 April 1764 and began their married life living in the rectory at Deane; in 1771 they moved to Steventon Parsonage, the birthplace of their daughter Jane. They had eight children: James Austen (1765–1819) George Austen (1766–1838) Edward Austen Knight (1767–1852)

  4. Jun 20, 2010 · The “Memoir of Jane Austen” by Edward Austen-Leigh contains a letter from George Austen to Mr. Cadell, publisher, dated November 1797, in which he describes the work as a “manuscript novel comprising three volumes, about the length of Miss Burney’s ‘Evelina'” and asks Mr. Cadell if he would like to see the work with a view to ...

  5. Jan 10, 2021 · The Austen Family. George Austen. His living was given to him by an uncle, Thomas Knight, who gave the living of Stevenson to him. Sir Thomas Knight adopted George’s son, Edward as his heir. It was George’s first clergyman position. He had 2 livings: Stevenson and Deane.

  6. Apr 29, 2017 · Jane Austen’s father, George Austen has many connections to the city of Bath. On the 26th April 1764 he married, by special licence, Cassandra Leigh in St Swithin’s, Walcot. The Austen family were regular visitors to Bath and in December 1800, after 35 years ministering in Steventon, George Austen announced his retirement and moved to Bath ...

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