17322 Austen as a Character Originally published in 1811

Originally published in 1811

Included in the recipes Ayres recorded are some of the ones described by Woodforde

Dorothy Wordsworth

Please note this is the same book as our item#14396

The memoir was originally published in 1870 and enlarged in a second edition in 1871

17322 Austen as a Character Originally published in 1811The letters and journals of Porter date from 1788 to 1814. She was the daughter of a clergyman born in 1752 without beauty or wealth, and without a husband, had to work to support herself. She taught the daughters and granddaughters of the Earl of Ilchester. This is an excellent and somewhat rare opportunity to hear directly from a working woman of the time period. Martin provides an extensive background, with illustrations, of Porter and her world.