Reply to Rebecca #25

Austen, Yates, Thomas, Hancock -- such a literary and cultural feast, which I hope our readers appreciate

Dear Rebecca

Thank you for your recent letter, in which you channelled your inner Austen. You did a marvellous job both of writing in an Austen style and spoiling the plot of Mansfield Park. I am afraid I can’t match your Austen style because it’s a long time since I read any of her books, apart from a couple of weeks ago. I signed up for a course on Jan…