Fragment of letter written by Jane Austen for sale
A correspondent (who shall remain nameless for now as we are not sure she expected to be named) sent us a scan of an advertisement from Bauman Rare Books offering a fragment of a letter written by Jane Austen, framed, for the low-low price of $7,500. Mere pocket change! We can find that in the crevices of the overstuffed chintz armchairs at AustenBlog World Headquarters! Yeah, sure.
The letter is listed as #119 in the edition of the letters edited by Deirdre LeFaye. Many thanks to our mysterious correspondent for this excellent goodie. 
April 27th, 2005 at 7:18 am
When I see things like this, I always wonder what she would think.