fiction files redux discussion

Brock posted this on FB and it made me giggle. I also thought that some of our more brilliant members might be able to take this idea and run with it!

Drunk Texts from Famous Authors

This one is my favorite:

Jane Austen
To: Cassandra

OMG!!!
Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a dead child, some weeks before she expected, owing to a fright. I suppose she happened unawares to look at her husband.
ROFL!!!!!!


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Please note: This is an exact quote from Jane Austen's letter to her sister (October 27, 1798). I added only the texting abbreviations at the beginning & end.

Austen's letter

There were some good spin-offs in the forum below, too.

Adrian wrote: "Jane Austen
To: Cassandra

OMG!!!
Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a dead child, some weeks before she expected, owing to a fright. I suppose she happened unawares to look a..."

That snarky, snarky Jane! Don't you LOVE HER????