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Letter 1

My Dearest Jane-

As I reach the halfway point of your letters, I find myself in a similar situation as Season 1 of Lost. The more I learn, the more mysteries I encounter. I am compelled to rewind episodes of your life and to take note of the odd or out of the ordinary. I anxiously flip back and forth from your letters to the footnotes that Deirdre Le Faye has so graciously left, but do not find the answers I seek. Thus begins my journey, and epistolary account, of My Dearest Janeite.

(If you would like to read Jane Austen's letters, here is a link to an online version of Brabourne's edition, though his is incomplete as of today. For a more current copy, check out Deirdre Le Faye's Fourth Edition).