For Friday: Supplemental Readings

One of Jane Austen's actual letters! 

For Friday, read the following extra materials that occur right after the novel in your Norton Critical Edition of Persuasion. 

* The Original Ending of Persuasion
* Hayley, "On Old Maids"
* Austen, Letters About Persuasion 
* Henry Austen, Biographical Notice on the Author
* Whateley, "A New Style of Novel"
* Anonymous, "Austen's Characters"
* Kavanagh, "The Language of Feeling"
* Smith, from Life of Jane Austen
* Mitton, from Jane Austen and Her Times

Note that these are all pretty short readings, so if one doesn't thrill you, it's okay to skip it, but try to read most of them. They all add important historical/cultural context to the book which will be important for Paper #2! 

See you on Friday...