When one reads their correspondence, one often feels through their affection and concern for each other that Fanny Knight was the daughter that Jane Austen did not have. Happily, there is an excellent review of the book by author Marilyn Sachs at the JASNA on-line journal Persuasions, entitled Austen’s Ungrateful Niece.įive letters that Jane wrote to Fanny between 18 are filled with wise and eloquent advice on love, and openly acknowledge the deep affection she felt for her niece. Much has be discussed and written about their relationship, including this book Almost Another Sister: The Story of Fanny Knight, Jane Austen ‘s Favourite Niece, by Margaret Wilson (1998), which is sadly out of print in the US, but can be ordered second hand through those wonderful people at. She adored her and she was like a younger sister. She was born when Jane was 17 years old in 1793, the eldest daughter of Jane’s brother Edward (Austen) Knight. ![]() Letter to her Niece Fanny Knight, 23 March 1817, The Letters of Jane Austenįanny Knight was Jane Austen’s first and most favoured niece. ![]() And he deserves better treatment than to be obliged to read any more of my works. Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked but there is some very good sense in what he says, and I particularly respect him for wishing to think well of all young ladies it shows an amiable and a delicate mind. ![]() He and I should not in the least agree, of course, in our ideas of novels and heroines. Have mercy on him, tell him the truth, and make him an apology.
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