In 1913 , William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh printed a family biography . It was titled : Jane Austen : Her Life and Lettersâ '' A Family Record . In 1913 , William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh , descendants of the Austen family , published the definitive family biography , Jane Austen : Her Life and Lettersâ '' A Family Record .