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Article: The history of Jane Austen's writing desk.(Miscellany)(Essay)
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- Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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THE TWO-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY of the start of Jane Austen's creative literary life in Chawton Cottage is July 2009, and October 2009 is the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of JASNA and the tenth anniversary of Jane Austen's writing desk being placed in the care of The British Library by Joan Austen-Leigh and her family.
Jane Austen wrote to her sister, Cassandra, on Wednesday, 24 October 1798, from the Bull and George at Dartford:
I should have begun my letter soon after our arrival but for a
little adventure which prevented me. After we had been here a
quarter of an hour it was discovered that my writing and dressing
boxes had been by ...