Newly acquired Jane Austen letters go on show at museum
Two letters written by Jane Austen have gone on public display for the first time.
The newly acquired letters are jointly owned by the Bodleian Library and are on display at the Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire.The museum's Jane Austen in Love exhibition explores Jane's relationship with Tom Lefroy, a handsome young Irishman, when they were both 20 years old. In the letter, dated January 1796 Jane told her sister Cassandra "I am to flirt my last with Tom Lefroy".
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