Everyone knows Jane Austen - it's a classic of English literature! Some people, by the way, are sure that this is precisely the reason Jane Austen is boring. But not everyone knows that Jane Austen also had a sister, Cassandra, and the sisters spent their early years in the boarding house of Mrs. La Tournel, and she had a wooden leg of mysterious origin and an inexhaustible passion for the theater...
Natalia Povalyaeva - Jane Austen and the wooden leg of Mrs. La Tournelle /Джейн Остин и деревянная нога миссис Ля Турнель/
Jane Austen and the wooden leg of Mrs. La Tournelle /Джейн Остин и деревянная нога миссис Ля Турнель/
Natalia Povalyaeva, Наталья Поваляева
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Everyone knows Jane Austen - it's a classic of English literature! Some people, by the way, are sure that this is precisely the reason Jane Austen is boring. But not everyone knows that Jane Austen also had a sister, Cassandra, and the sisters spent their early years in the boarding house of Mrs. La Tournel, and she had a wooden leg of mysterious origin and an inexhaustible passion for the theater. That's the whole point. Without a doubt, this wooden leg of Mrs. La Tournelle played a decisive role in the future work of the world-famous writer Jane Austen. Especially significant influence belongs to the numerous versions of her (foot) origin.