person
Cassandra Austen (nee Leigh)
Mrs. Austen
also: Cassandra Leigh Austen, Mrs Austen, My Mother
Jane's mother, a Leigh of Adlestrop with a turn for comic verse of her own; her 'rose' rhyme stands beside Jane's in the 1807 family game, though only Jane's is printed in this edition.
Reading notes
- To Cassandra, Steventon, 17 November 1798 §6 Mrs. Austen
Jane's mother, a Leigh of Adlestrop with a turn for comic verse of her own; her 'rose' rhyme stands beside Jane's in the 1807 family game, though only Jane's is printed in this edition.