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Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback
1818–1877
Best known as Jane Austen’s niece, she built a writing career of her own under difficult circumstances and turned family literary history into fresh Victorian fiction. Her work includes a memorable continuation of one of Austen’s unfinished stories.
5 Audiobooks
The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. II.
by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback
The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. III.
by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback
The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. I.
by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback
The Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3
by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback
The old vicarage : A novel
by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback
About the author
Catherine Anne Hubback was an English novelist born on July 7, 1818, the daughter of Sir Francis Austen and the niece of Jane Austen. Although she is often remembered for that family connection, she became a writer in her own right and published several novels in the mid-19th century.
After her husband, John Hubback, became seriously ill, she wrote to help support herself and her three sons. Her best-known book, The Younger Sister (1850), grew out of Jane Austen’s unfinished The Watsons, which Hubback had known from family manuscripts and memory.
She later spent time in the United States and died in Virginia on February 25, 1877. Today, she remains an interesting figure for readers who enjoy both Victorian fiction and the wider Austen family story.