کتاب Letters of Jane Austen (نسخه کامل)

Of all the letters Jane Austen wrote to her family, only approximately 160 survived because her sister Cassandra burned most of them and distributed the remaining ones among her relatives.
Jane’s fans assume that this was due to her sister’s attempt to preserve the image of this remarkable writer, as well as to keep secret matters that she considered too intimate to be exposed to public scrutiny.
The letters of Jane Austen below were included (along with many others) in a two-volume collection published by her great-nephew Lord Brabourne in 1884.
Some of her most ardent supporters have been dissatisfied that these letters omit important events such as the death of her father, dealing only with jovial, everyday matters, and leaving aside more complex issues such as the author’s feelings and position on matters of politics or religion of the time.

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