pegkerr: (Loving books)
pegkerr ([personal profile] pegkerr) wrote2006-07-18 12:38 pm

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[livejournal.com profile] edeainfj pointed out the significance of today's date, and I am stealing this idea from her:

RIP
Jane Austen

16 Dec 1775 - 18 Jul 1817
Goddess of Writers
Priestess of Irony


In memory of Rev. George Austen's daughter, please leave condolences in the form of quotations &c.

[identity profile] darkthirty.livejournal.com 2006-07-18 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am sorry my mother has been suffering, and am afraid this exquisite weather is too good to agree with her. " Letter to Cassandra, Dec. 1815

We must not forget her mom was a bit of a freak.