From the Desk of Jane Austen
100 Postcards
For Jane Austen fans who treasure the art of correspondence, this elegant keepsake box filled with 100 postcards featuring the author’s ubiquitous wit is the perfect gift.
• 25 of Austen’s most beloved witticisms, culled from her extensive collection of personal correspondence. Each saying is reproduced four times for a total of 100 postcards.
• Mail these postcards to loved ones, frame them to display as art, or pin them to an inspiration board to infuse your life with Austen’s wit and joy.
$24.00
February 5, 2013Though the domain of Jane Austen’s novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family’s entertainment. As a clergyman’s daughter from a well-connected family, she had ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At 21, she began a novel called “The First Impressions,” an early version of Pride and Prejudice. In 1801, on her father’s retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort…
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