ladysmatter:200 years ago today, on December 11, 1815, Jane Austen wrote this letter to her publishe
ladysmatter:200 years ago today, on December 11, 1815, Jane Austen wrote this letter to her publisher, John Murray: “As I find that Emma is advertised for publication as early as Saturday next, I think it best to lose no time in settling all that remains to be settled on the subject & adopt this method of doing so, as involving the smallest tax on your time …”So get ready to celebrate Emma’s 200th birthday, just around the same time we celebrate Jane Austen’s 240th birthday on December 16!Read the rest of this letter at The John Murray Archives online. -- source link
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