Chapter II: Preface: v

CHRONOLOGY xiii

I. AUSTENS AND LEIGHS, 1600-1764 1

II. STEVENTON, 1764-1785 11

III. WARREN HASTINGS AND THE HANCOCKS, 1752-1794 31

IV. FAMILY LIFE, 1779-1792 46

V. GROWTH AND CHANGE, 1792-1796 67

VI. ROMANCE, 1795-1802 84

VII. AUTHORSHIP AND CORRESPONDENCE, 1796-1798 95

VIII. GODMERSHAM AND STEVENTON, 1798-1799 109

IX. THE LEIGH PERROTS AND BATH, 1799-1800 126

X. CHANGE OF HOME, 1800-1801 141

XI. BATH AGAIN, 1801-1805 165

XII. FROM BATH TO SOUTHAMPTON, 1805-1808 189

XIII. FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO CHAWTON, 1808-1809 209

XIV. _SENSE AND SENSIBILITY_, 1809-1811 235

XV. _PRIDE AND PREJUDICE_, 1812-1814 255

XVI. _MANSFIELD PARK_, 1812-1814 273

XVII. _EMMA_, 1814-1815 299

XVIII. _PERSUASION_, 1815-1816 325

XIX. AUNT JANE, 1814-1817 341

XX. FAILING HEALTH, 1816-1817 369

XXI. WINCHESTER, 1817 388