Autograph letter signed : [London], to Jane Austen, 1815 [Dec. 21?] | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Thanking her for a copy of Emma and reporting that "it is gone to the Prince Regent"; making suggestions about including a clergyman in her next novel [Austen incorporated these suggestions into her "Plan of a Novel," MA 1034.1 in this collection]; mentioning his own books of sermons and "Falconers Shipwreck"; inviting her to visit his personal library

Manuscript, English, 1815

Publication:Collection of Jane Austen autograph manuscripts, letters, and notes (MA 1034)

Physical Description:1 item (5 pages) ; 22.4 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:270624648

Notes:

Written from Carlton House

Dated "Thursday 1815"; the precise date is from Le Faye's edition of Austen's letters

Part of a collection that includes manuscripts, letters, and notes in Jane Austen's autograph. The collection also includes letters addressed to Austen by James Stanier Clarke and a steel engraving of Austen. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 1034.1-12)

High reserve