Select Letters from Jane Austin

I want to write about “Selected Letters” from Jane Austen. Most of us know her from her most popular romantic books “Pride and Prejudice and “Emma”. At that time writing letters and getting sone was the only way of communicating with others. People who were close to her said that Jane Austen was not only a duty but entertainment. She loved writing letters. The reason I have chosen that particular letter is simple. At that time the Post Office prices increased and that changed the way people wrote letters in particular. Jane Austen wrote to Cassandra that she admired her writing “it is very pretty hand now & then so – small & so neat! – I wish I could get as much into a sheet of paper” (158). Also Vivan Jones (the editor of the material) explained why people changed the way they used to write letters and we can see it troughout the book. For example, they used dash for changing the subject. In Austen's letters to her sister Cassandra, we can see that they were very close to each other. Most of the names are not spelled out and also sometimes details that were private were omitted. Most of the information in that letter we can consider GOSSIP. Nearly the entire Jane's letter to Cassandra started with “My dearest Cassandra” (she didn’t address others this way). The purpose to this letter is to wish a happy birthday, and it finished with conveying best regards and “god bless you…” I think this is the only reason for this letter. All other parts were to inform her sister about other things in Austen's life and their family and friends. She did that because one letter took a long time to travel and she wanted to inform her sister about very intriguing matters. Oh, yes, and also to ask her to inquire whether Henry would accept her for 10 days in his house.