A Memoir of Jane Austen
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A Memoir of Jane Austen is an 1869 biographical work by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh that offers a foundational, intimate portrait of the novelist’s life and family.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Memoir of Jane Austen canonical | 4 |
| A Memoir of Jane Austen, 1869 | 1 |
| Memoir of Jane Austen | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Memoir of Jane Austen Context triple: [Lady Susan, firstPublishedIn, A Memoir of Jane Austen]
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Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth
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Her Grace The Duchess of Marlborough
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: A Memoir of Jane Austen Target entity description: A Memoir of Jane Austen is an 1869 biographical work by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh that offers a foundational, intimate portrait of the novelist’s life and family.
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A.
Queen of the Bluestockings
Queen of the Bluestockings is the celebrated nickname of Elizabeth Montagu, an 18th-century British social reformer, literary critic, and leading hostess of the Bluestocking intellectual salons.
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B.
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
"Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin" is a historical biography by Jill Lepore that reconstructs the life of Benjamin Franklin’s sister Jane, illuminating the experiences of an ordinary woman in eighteenth-century America.
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C.
The Jane Austen Book Club
The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2007 romantic drama film, based on Karen Joy Fowler’s novel, that follows six Californians whose lives and relationships intertwine as they form a book club devoted to reading and discussing Jane Austen’s works.
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D.
Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth is an autobiographical work by the Anglo-Irish inventor and educationalist Richard Lovell Edgeworth, completed and edited after his death by his daughter, the novelist Maria Edgeworth.
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E.
Her Grace The Duchess of Marlborough
Her Grace The Duchess of Marlborough is a British noblewoman holding the ducal title of Marlborough, traditionally associated with the aristocratic Spencer-Churchill family and Blenheim Palace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical work
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book ⓘ |
| about | Jane Austen ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Memoir of Jane Austen
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linked to:
A Memoir of Jane Austen
|
| author | James Edward Austen-Leigh ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| contains |
anecdotes about Jane Austen’s personality
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descriptions of Austen family relationships ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Richard Bentley ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
literary biography ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | male ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalApproach |
family-authored account
ⓘ
reminiscence-based biography ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalSubject |
English novelist Jane Austen
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linked to:
Jane Austen
|
| hasForm |
book volume
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print ⓘ |
| hasSubjectNationality | English ⓘ |
| hasSubjectProfession | novelist ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Memoir of Jane Austen ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | primary source for early Austen scholarship ⓘ |
| impact | shaped early public image of Jane Austen ⓘ |
| includes |
details of Jane Austen’s domestic life
ⓘ
early biographical sketch of Jane Austen ⓘ recollections of Jane Austen by relatives ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jane Austen biographies ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general reading public ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Victorian era reception of Jane Austen ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodOfSubject | Regency era ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | family member ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foundational portrait of Jane Austen
ⓘ
intimate depiction of Jane Austen’s family life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
|
| portrays |
Jane Austen’s character and manners
ⓘ
social milieu of the Austen family ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| relationshipOfAuthorToSubject | nephew ⓘ |
| subject |
family of Jane Austen
ⓘ
life of Jane Austen ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | first full-length biography of Jane Austen ⓘ |
| workFocus | personal life rather than literary criticism ⓘ |
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Subject: A Memoir of Jane Austen Description of subject: A Memoir of Jane Austen is an 1869 biographical work by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh that offers a foundational, intimate portrait of the novelist’s life and family.
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linked to: A Memoir of Jane Austen
linked to: A Memoir of Jane Austen