My dear Aunt Jane Austen

• Published in: E-rea : Revue d'etudes anglophones Vol. 18; no. 18.2
• Main Author: BECCARIA, Chloé
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Laboratoire d’Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone 14.06.2021; Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)
• ISSN: 1638-1718; 1638-1718
• DOI: 10.4000/erea.12459

Oct. 27th, 1847 My Dear Sir, In the first place, let me assure you that you will find in me a most fervent admirer. I have held your work in high regard ever since my dear Aunt Jane, known to the rest of the world as Jane Austen, started reading Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World to me as a child. I remember the emphasis in her voice when reading out loud to a crew of gullible nieces and nephews, squatting around her working basket, mesmerized by the account of Mr Gulliver’s adv...