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Life Is Like A Jane Austen Novel

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Jane Austen, by her sister Cassandra, c1804

Sometimes, entries from 18th century newspapers read more like the introduction to a Jane Austen novel than a Jane Austen Novel. Take this entry from the Gloucester Journal of 17 April 1797:

“Glocester, April 17 – Tuesday last was married at North Nibley, in this county, Mr John Parradice, of Wick, to Miss Sarah Knight, of North Nibley, an agreeable young lady, with a large fortune.”

A groom named Paradise (almost), and a pleasant, rich lady; this story has the potential to make a rather good novel.

Tags: fortune, Gloucester Journal, Jane Austen, marriage, North Nibley, novel, Parradice, Pride And Prejudice

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• The Penny Post Weekly Review ~ All Things Jane Austen & More! « Jane Austen in Vermont Says:
  January 27th, 2012 at 8:37 pm

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