The Watsons
| dc.contributor | Oxford Text Archive |
| dc.contributor.author | Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-14 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T09:52:56Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T09:52:56Z |
| dc.date.created | 1809 |
| dc.identifier | ota:3065 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/3065 |
| dc.description.abstract | First edition published in 1809. |
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| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Novels -- Great Britain -- 19th century |
| dc.title | The Watsons |
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| files.count | 5 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1800-1899 |
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The Watsons by Jane Austen [THE WATSONS] The first winter assembly in the town of D. in Surrey was to be held on Tuesday, October 13th and it was generally expected to be a very good one. A long list of county families was confidently run over as sure of attending, and sanguine hopes were entertained that the Osbornes themselves would be there. The Edwards' invitation to the Watsons followed, of course. The Edwards were people of fortune, who lived in the town and kept their coach. The Watsons inhabited a village about three miles distant, were poor, and had no close carriage; and ever since there had been balls in the place, the former were accustomed to invite the latter to dress, dine, and sleep at their house on every monthly return throughout the winter. On the present occasion, as only two of Mr. Watson's children were at home, and one was always necessary as companion to himself, for he was sickly and had lost his wife, one only could profit by the kindness of their friends. Mis . . .
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