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Long, chatty letter from Jane Austen to sister Cassandra to be auctioned

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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings. Sisters, in particular, influence the thoughts, opinions and actions of many of Austen’s heroines, acting as confidantes or foils. Elinor Dashwood has Marianne — the “sensibility” to her “sense;” Elizabeth Be…

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Long, chatty letter from Jane Austen to sister Cassandra to be auctioned

While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings.

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