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Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend. from a letter to Cassandra, October 27, 1798 You express so little anxiety about my being murdered under Ash Park Copse by Mrs. Hulberts servant, that I have a great mind not to tell you whether I was or not. from a letter to Cassandra, January 8, 1799 Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor, which is one very strong argument in favour of matrimony. from a letter to Fanny Knight, March 13, 1817 Much loved for the romantic plot lines and wryly amusing social commentary that spring from the pages of Pride and Prejudice , Mansfield Park , Emma , and her other novels Jane Austen was also a prolific letter writer and penned missives on many subjects. To her sister Cassandra she wrote with candid humor about the effects of the Peninsular War (How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!), about her dislike of parties and social obligations (We are to have a tiny party here tonight. I hate tiny parties, they force one into constant exertion.), and about her impressions of London (Here I am once more in this scen

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Author

Bodleian Library Staff

Publisher

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781851244645

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14