Why Our Obsession with Jane Austen?

Think empire line, white muslin and those silly funnel-shaped bonnets.
Why Our Obsession with Jane Austen?
Morning dresses, 1801, plate in Gallery of fashion, vol. VII, 1 November 1801-02, published by Nicolaus Heideloff, London, hand-colored etching, Julian Robinson Collection. Purchased, 1976 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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Morning dresses, 1801, plate in Gallery of fashion, vol. VII, 1 November 1801-02, published by Nicolaus Heideloff, London, hand-colored etching, Julian Robinson Collection. Purchased, 1976 (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra)
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