El misterio de por qué miles de cartas escritas por Jane Austen fueron destruidas por su propia hermana

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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Image source, Getty Images in early January 1796.

What early Jane Austen letters reveal about her youth and romance with Tom Lefroy?

0:18
Twenty-year-old Jane Austen wrote a gossip-filled letter to her beloved older sister, Cassandra. una carta llena de chismes a su querida hermana mayor cassandra en ella hannah le contaba sobre un joven muy caballeroso apuesto y agradable de quien estaba enamorada in it jane told him about a very gentlemanly handsome and pleasant young man with whom she was in love en ella Jane told him about a very gentlemanly young man, handsome and nice of whom she was in love. Tom Lefroy was a lawyer, and Lance with whom Jane had danced very happily at three parties. Tom Lefroy was an Irish lawyer with whom Jane had danced with great joy at three parties. Tom Lefroy era un abogado, y Lance con quien Jane haba bailado con mucha alegra en tres fiestas.
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En tono jocoso, le dijo a su hermana, imagina todo lo emes, libertino y escandaloso en cuanto a bailar y sentarse juntos. In a joking tone, he told his sister, imagine everything more libertine and scandalous in terms of dancing and sitting together. En tono jocoso, le dijo a su hermana, imagina todo lo emes, libertino y escandaloso en cuanto a bailar y sentarse juntos. Anhelaba su pereximo encuentro, y le escribí, de nuevo a Cassandra pocos días después, He longed for their next meeting and wrote back to Cassandra a few days later. In this letter, she offered to leave her friend Mary all my other admirers, as she only had eyes for Tom. En esta carta, ofreca dejarle a su amiga Mary todos mis otros admiradores, ya que solo tena ojos para Tom.
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Sin embargo, Tom tuvo que irse del paz, y en la misma nota escribí, Ha llegado el día en que tende mi eletimo coqueteo con Tom Lefroy, y cuando recibas esto, todo habrá. However, Tom had to leave the country, and in the same note he wrote, The day has come when I will have my last flirtation with Tom Lefroy, and when you receive this, it will all be over. Sin embargo, Tom tuvo que irse del Paz, y en la misma nota escribí, Ha llegado el día en que tendré mi último coqueteo con Tom Lefroy, y cuando recibas esto, todo habrá terminado. Ante la melancola de esa idea, las alegrimas cuedan por mis mejillas al escribirla. Faced with the melancholy of that idea, tears roll down my cheeks as I write it.
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Ante la melancola de esa idea, las elegrimas ruedan por mis mejillas al escribirla. Estas cartas, las emes antiguas que conservamos de Jane, revelan una joven vivaz, coqueta y divertida que disfrutaba de las fiestas, el baile, y la tensión del sexo opuesto. These letters, the oldest we have of Jane, reveal a vivacious, flirtatious and funny young woman who enjoyed parties, dancing and the attention of the opposite sex. Estas cartas, las emes antiguas que conservamos de Jane, revelan una joven vivaz, coqueta y divertida que disfrutaba de las fiestas, el baile, y la tensin del sexo opuesto. Final de emes ledas es una imagen bebida, y anem es valiosa porque se conservan muy pocas cartas de Jane. End of most read, it's a vivid image, and all the more valuable because so few of Jane's letters are preserved.
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Final de emes ledas es una imagen bebida.

How many of Jane Austen's letters survived and which ones were destroyed?

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Y an emes valiosa porque se conservan muy pocas cartas de Jane. Aunque fuera una corresponsal profica, se estima que escribí miles de cartas a lo largo de su vida, solo tenemos 160. Although she was a prolific correspondent, it is estimated that she wrote thousands of letters throughout her life, We only have 160.

Why did Cassandra Austen burn most of Jane's correspondence after her death?

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Aunque fue una corresponsal prolífica, se estima que escribí miles de cartas a lo largo de su vida. Solo tenemos 160. Aos después de la muerte de Hannen en 1817 a causa de una enfermedad desconocida, Cassandra, a quien su hermana le escriba casi todos los días cuando estaban separadas, Kent, casi todas sus cartas, Years after Jane's death in 1817 from an unknown illness, Cassandra, to whom her sister wrote almost every day when they were separated, burned almost all of her letters. Aos despus de la muerte de Hanen en 1817 a causa de una enfermedad desconocida, Cassandra, a quien su hermana le escriba casi todos los días cuando estaban separadas,

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Chapters

8 chapters
1 What is the main topic discussed in this episode? 0:00–0:18 2 What early Jane Austen letters reveal about her youth and romance with Tom Lefroy? 0:18–4:40 3 How many of Jane Austen's letters survived and which ones were destroyed? 4:40–5:02 4 Why did Cassandra Austen burn most of Jane's correspondence after her death? 5:02–13:57 5 What theories do biographers propose about Cassandra's motives for destroying the letters? 13:57–25:09 6 What does the destruction of letters tell us about women's lack of control and Austen’s themes? 25:09–25:29 7 Could Victorian criticism of published letters have influenced Cassandra's decision to burn them? 25:29–30:22 8 How do modern scholars defend Cassandra and assess Jane Austen’s enduring legacy? 30:22–39:37
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