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The Visit, by Jane Austen.
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"To the Revd. James Austen
"Sir,
"The following drama, which I humbly recommend to your protection and patronage, tho' inferior to those celebrated comedies called "The School for Jealousy" and "The Travelled Man", will I hope afford some amusement to so respectable a curate as yourself; which was the end in view when it was first composed by your,
"Humble Servant
"The Author."
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Austen seems fond of the name Willoughby! This is the third time it's cropped up in her works!
This work seems most normal, unlike mist of the Juvenilia - until, in three pages flat and bordering most normal conversation, suddenly we have three couples get engaged, and it's over before it has begun!
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August 18, 2021 - August 18, 2021.
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