15.12.16

Reprise and Reprisal

Jane Austen
Replied when asked about men
"Fortune and Flatulence:
For the latter, the former's vital recompense."

Sketch by Cassandra Austen
© National Portrait Gallery, London

2.12.16

Lost First Drafts

Jane Austen
Rejected zombies for men
(Unless they'd an Earldom
And 3,000 guineas per annum).

or do you prefer

Jane Austen
Never mentioned the hymen,
Though she featured the hymnal
Twice in "Pious and Prejudicial".


Cassandra Austen
© National Portrait Gallery, London