Today is Jane Austen’s birthday, 233 years ago! I append here the post on my other blog, Jane Austen in Vermont, followed by Garrison Keillor’s post on The Writer’s Almanac:
The Rev. George Austen wrote the following letter to his sister-in-law Mrs. Walter on December 17, 1775:
“You have doubtless been for some time in expectation of [...]
