17322 Austen as a Character With elastic band

With elastic band

She wrote three books about life there

The memoir was originally published in 1870 and enlarged in a second edition in 1871

Please note this is the same book as our item#14396

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17322 Austen as a Character With elastic bandThe letters and journals of Porter date from 1788 to 1814. She was the daughter of a clergyman born in 1752 without beauty or wealth, and without a husband, had to work to support herself. She taught the daughters and granddaughters of the Earl of Ilchester. This is an excellent and somewhat rare opportunity to hear directly from a working woman of the time period. Martin provides an extensive background, with illustrations, of Porter and her world.