I will redeem my credit with him, by writing a close Imitation of [Mary Brunton's] 'Self-Control' as soon as I can.—Jane Austen, Nov 24 1814
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— In 'Self-Control' the villain Hargrave kidnaps the heroine Laura and takes her into the wilderness of America to rape and then marry her.—
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No breeze moaned through the impervious woods. No ripple broke the stream.— SELF-CONTROL, Mary Brunton
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The dark shadows trembled for a moment in its bosom as the little bark stole by, and then reposed again.— SELF-CONTROL, Mary Brunton
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The murmur seemed to swell on her ear. She looked up. The dark woods still bent over her.— SELF-CONTROL, Mary Brunton pic.twitter.com/a8wsCLQHKO
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It rose upon its prow. Laura clung to it in the convulsion of terror. A moment she trembled…next, all was darkness! — Mary Brunton
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I will improve upon it.— Jane Austen, November 24 1814. pic.twitter.com/uSirsofVf9
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My Heroine shall not merely be wafted down an American river in a boat by herself, she shall cross the Atlantic in the same way.—Jane Austen
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