Artifact #10

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1212/1212-h/1212-h.htm

Love and Freindship, spelled as so, was categorized in my Juvenilia or younger work.  Thus this short novel was the beginning of my, so to speak, legacy.  It is rather the spark of my initiative future of average literature.  As you can see, my stories were often documented by others in the future for further editions. 

·    Austen, J. (2008, August 24). Love and freindship. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1212/1212-h/1212-h.htm

·    The Republic of Pemberley. (2004-2010). Love and freindship. Retrieved from http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/lovfrend.html

Artifact #9

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/946/946-h/946-h.htm

Lady Susan was not published my lifetime (but my relation James Edward Austen-Leigh would publish it posthumously in 1871 in his book Memoir).  A form of my epistolary novel is considered part of juvenilia.  I worked with this piece around 1805 and it remained in my possesion then on.

·    Austen, J. (2008, July 27). Lady susan. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/946/946-h/946-h.htm

• "Lady Susan." shelfari. Web. 25 Mar 2011. <http://www.shelfari.com/books/9032890/Lady-Susan/tags>.

Artifact #8

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/141/141-h/141-h.htm

Mansfield Park was published in 1814, becoming my third published work of literature.  It did not, however, live up to “the Pride and Prejudice expectations.”  Shall I be confined to the public's ideals for the rest of my meager career?      

• Jane austen's mansfield park. [Web]. Retrieved from http://blog.londonconnection.com/?cat=4
•     Project Gutenberg EBook , . (2010, January 22). Lady susan. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/141/141-h/141-h.htm

Artifact #7

Tom Lefroy is the infamous lover of my youth.  We met in 1796 as he was visiting some family close by.  After some brief public flirtation, Lefroy returned to London to continue his law studies.  Our association is a most popular discussion involving male attractions, though he was not my only prospect I can assure you.  This disappointing love affair would signify the rest of my love life.  Never was I to marry, but a spinster with my sister would I remain.

·    Tom lefroy. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.theloiterer.org/ashton/letter11.html

Artifact #6

My dearest sister Cassandra, of which I was sincerely fond of, did this watercolor of myself at our dining parlor table.  While I majored in writing, Cassandra seemed to take a fancy in art.  This study is one of the few visual images public has to get an idea of what I might have looked like.  I was not prose to portraits and if so they were not kept in qualitative condition for future reference.  Forgive my heedless ideals of setting my concerns elsewhere such as that of my literature!

·    "Jane Austen Cassandra's portrait." fankncas.jpg. Web. 15 Mar 2011. <pemberley.com>.

Artifact #5

http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/brablets.html

Society of the time in which my life has occupied has communicated best through letters.  My own exchange between others has been documented, as seen above and from the link attached, although I am not particularly fond of the invasion of privacy.  My correspondence with others, especially that of my beloved sister Cassandra, illustrates not only much that occurred in my humble average life, but the enlightenment of that of my era.  

• Woesndag. (2010, April 14). Tom Lefroy. Retrieved from http://kleurrijkjaneausten.blogspot.com/2010/04/tell-mary-that-i-_make-over-mr.html
• The Republic of Pemberley. (2004-2010). Letters of jane austen -- brabourne edition. Retrieved from http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/brablets.html

Artifact #4

“TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT, THIS WORK IS, BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S PERMISSION, MOST REPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S DUTIFUL AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.”

My fourth novel Emma followed the less popular Mansfield Park, holding this dedication to his royal majesty of the time Prince of Wales.  What sharp sense of wit and intelligence was used to create the ever demanded dedication in a sense of mockery that brought my only means of self-respect.

·    Haker, A. (2002). The dedication. Retrieved from http://www.austen.com/emma/