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Jane Austen is known as the beloved author of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and other witty and romantic novels. What is less known is that Jane was a deeply religious person, and was devoted to God. She wrote beautiful, heartfelt prayers to read with her family in the evenings.
For the first time, you can read Jane Austen's original prayer sheets in her beautiful neat handwriting she wrote over 200 years ago.
Emma Darlington
Emma Darlington wanted to be an explorer and live her life at sea, until she discovered that dusty old books, churches, and museums are generally found on land. She is passionate about Jane Austen, the Regency period, carriages, and corsets, and has written five non-fiction books on the subject including Jane Austen's Prayers, the first time Jane's handwritten prayers have appeared in print. Emma previously volunteered at Chawton House where her love of Jane Austen was rekindled, and she was granted access to family papers, manuscripts and treasures. Emma has a marketing degree which is useful for supporting a number of charities in her spare time. She is a member of the Society of Authors, a Fellow of Literature and works in publishing. On dry land, she spends a lot of time drinking tea in Jane Austen's village of Chawton, England.
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