Chapter 12: The cancelled Chapter of 'Persuasion'

Chapter 2: Description of Steventon--Life at Steventon--Changes of Habits and Customs in the last Century

Chapter 4: Removal from Steventon--Residence at Bath and at Southampton--Settling at Chawton

Chapter 8: Slow growth of her fame--Ill success of first attempts at publication--Two Reviews of her works contrasted

Chapter 13: The last work

Chapter 3: Early Compositions--Friends at Ashe--A very Old Letter--Lines on the Death of Mrs. Lefroy--Observations on Jane Austen's Letter-w

Chapter 7: Seclusion from the literary world--Notice from the Prince Regent--Correspondence with Mr. Clarke--Suggestions to alter her style

Chapter 11: Declining health of Jane Austen--Elasticity of her spirits--Her resignation and humility--Her death

Preface and Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks--Birth of Jane Austen--Her Family

Chapter 9: Opinions expressed by eminent persons--Opinions of others of less eminence--Opinion of American readers

Chapter 10: Observations on the Novels

Chapter 6: Habits of Composition resumed after a long interval--First publication--The interest taken by the Author in the success of her Wo

Chapter 5: Description of Jane Austen's person, character, and tastes

Chapter 14: Postscript