Autograph letter signed : London, to Cassandra Austen, 1813 May 24.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Cassandra Austen, 1813 May 24.

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Mentioning a shopping trip to buy fabrics; joking about seeing a portrait of Mrs Bingley from Pride & Prejudice at an exhibition and looking fruitlessly for Mrs. Darcy's portrait in a collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds's paintings; describing various outings and visits in London; giving details of their proposed trip from London to Steventon; admitting that she does not know how to answer her niece's letter written in the character of Miss Darcy: "Even had I more time, I should not feel at all sure of the sort of Letter that Miss D. would write."

1 item (4 p.) ; 23.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7425571

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