little miss austin

The Big Brothers and Austin

George Byron to Ivo Gordon

"Athens, Greece

On the evening of July 1818, 7,

dear cousin:

I have received your book in the mail, thank you for not really ignoring me.I'm afraid I can only refuse your last proposal. I'm not suitable to be a teacher. I can't stand that kind of monotonous life. I prefer Greece, which is full of free air.

I finished "Frozen" overnight, I liked it, but it's probably different from all her previous work.I can't say she doesn't write well, in fact she writes very well!Her delicate brushwork has always been my favorite. She skillfully interweaves the strong emotions of love and hate in the storyline, which reminds me of her herself. She is such a person with a clear boundary between love and hate.She is very similar to me, but very different from me.

If you can, please tell her that I like her work very much, and it is best to say it when she is in a good mood, so that she may slightly reduce her resentment towards me.

Love you George"

Edgar Allan Poe to his brother William, 1819

"Mr. Ellen brought back a set of "England Horror Stories" today, which is really my appetite! I really want to read it overnight, but there are 4 volumes! I have read a few short stories in it before, but love it Mrs Lun may think the stories are too frightening for children, so I must finish them as soon as possible."

（爱伦·坡1815年到1820年间住在苏格兰及英格兰,1818年到1820年住在伦敦，1819年10岁。）

Walter Scott to a friend, July 1822

"I read Alice Austen's Wild Child tonight for the fifth time. Unlike her older sister, Jane Austen, A.A. is good at writing dramatic conflicts, but with a delicate touch. Taking into account real life, her stories are not ordinary stories, but the words are concise, the writing is simple and elegant, and the description angle is special, which often makes people feel immersive. When I look at the pages of text, it seems that these Characters: Mr Ferguson, Miss Marple, Mrs Holmes."

Diary of Walter Scott, March 1826, 3

"Rereading Ms. Austen's excellent Pride and Prejudice for at least the third time. This young lady is good at describing the entanglements, feelings, and characters of ordinary life. I think her talent is the most Excellent, I have never seen it before. I can do it myself if I yell, it is no worse than anyone now. But the delicate brushwork, because the description is real, the taste is also real, and the ordinary I can't do it if I can outline the trivial things of ordinary people with relish. What a pity that such a talented person died so early!"

(This is a real diary, Scott was the first to blow rainbow farts for Jane Austen.)

Thomas Babington Macaulay, On the Austen Sisters, Edinburgh Review, March 1843

"Shakespeare is unsurpassed, but no writer has come nearer, in so far as we are concerned, to the master in his technique than Jane Austen, a woman who is the pride of England. She has created for us a host of characters who are, in a sense, ordinary people, people we see every day, but who are so different from each other and have such different personalities that it is as if They seem to be the strangest of men."

(This is a real diary. Macaulay was the first critic to compare Jane Austen with Shakespeare from 1800 to 1859. The original title was "About Austen".)

“…When it comes to Alice Austen, I am not surprised to think that she will be one of the greatest writers of our time, probably closer to Shakespeare than her sister. It surpasses Jane Austen in breadth, and the gap and connection between her and her sister is like the difference between the storm on a summer night and the fine spring rain."

夏洛蒂·勃朗特致乔治·亨利·刘易斯，1848年1月12日、1月18日

"...why do you like Ms. Austin so much? I can't understand that.

I hadn't read Pride and Prejudice...but what did I see?A daguerreotype of an ordinary face!A walled and well-tended garden...with no view of the colorful exterior...I may irritate you by saying this, but I'm willing to risk it. "

"... Ms. Austen, as you say, has no 'sentimentality', no 'poetry', so she may indeed be sensible and realistic (more realistic than real), but she cannot be great. I Thy wrath is now aroused, (do I not dispute the perfection of your beloved?) I bear your wrath willingly, and the storm may be upon me.  …”

(Charlotte Brontë, the author of "Jane Eyre", complained about Jane Austen in letters to some friends. Charlotte admired George Sand more.)

(George Henry Lewis was George Eliot's companion.)

"As for Alice Austen, I admit that she is rich in talent, much better than her sister, but still full of the affectation of a country gentleman and a rich family woman, what a hypocrisy! I say it, it may still irritate you , after all she, like her sister, is what you would consider 'one of the greatest artists'.

If you have time, I'd love to hear your thoughts on her. "

Diary of Balzac, 1850

"Among the writers from neighboring countries who have had the greatest influence on me, apart from Scott, maybe Alice Austen. Compared to Scott, Miss Austen is a more modern writer... ...and her contemporaneity does not change with the passage of time."

David Monaghan, The Austin Sisters and the Status of Women, 1981

"Women were never so disrespected as in the eighteenth century. In 1794 there was a saying: 'There is no equality between men and women; for the improvement of the social organization of mankind men are to be legislators, gifted reason more, and we must first take this as the general basis of consideration.' How appalling we would find such a statement... Like Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen was born as a woman The starting point is that men are equally intelligent and have the same rationality.”

(David Monahan is an associate professor at St. Vincent University in Halifax, Canada, and an Austin research scholar. The original title is "Austen and the Status of Women", which is selected from "Jane Austen and Her Social Background".)

"...while Alice Austen was about the most famous female writer of her time, she did not choose a man's name to publish her work, as George Eliot and George Sand in France did after her, At that time, it required great courage. A secret name could not prevent people from knowing her true identity. People were amazed at her youth and diligence, but at the same time contemptuously believed that a 15-year-old girl could not control such a mature and stable writing style. ...she proved with her English Suite, which took 12 years to write, what a great and fine artist she was."

"...Again, when it comes to using men's names as pen names, this is a kind of retreat and submission to the patriarchal society. With a kind of tolerance of 'I admit that men are the masters of society', it ranks among the industries that are almost monopolized by male writers. Ellie Ruth Austin has never used the anonymity of 'ALady' nor pretended to be a 'man', LadyChristiana and AliceLeigh are both taken from her own name, she has not made much effort to hide her true identity... "

Extra episode [-]: Hollywood and Austin

In 2007, a British production company cooperated with an American film company to produce the film "Being Jane", which is the first film with Jane Austen as the heroine.Compared with her sister Alice, Jane's life is relatively ordinary.

The descendants of the Austin family said that they don't want their grandparents to always be associated with Byron.

The Austen family owns the largest collection of Byron letters in the world, to Henry Austen, to Alice Austen, a small number to Oliver and Ivo, a select number of which are on display at the Alice Austen Museum exhibition.Scholars who study Byron and study Alice need to apply, and wait at least half a year, to be granted access to the museum's library to study the letters.

In 2010, a descendant of the Austin family wrote a very detailed "Biography of Alice Austin", which mentioned that Cathy Austin raised a girl sent back from the United States between 1822 and 1825. The sisters all think that the girl is Alice and Oliver's child.The girl died in the spring of 1825, and Alice and Oliver returned to England that summer.

After the publication of the biography sparked a new wave of heated discussions, the Austin family was furious, thinking that the cousin was pretending to be shocking, and the existing family documents and letters left behind did not mention that the girl was Alice. child.The girl named Cecilia was indeed buried in the Austin family cemetery, but the names of her parents were not written on the tombstone, and she was not parked with Alice in the crypt of the church. If the child was really her daughter, she would not let her The girl was alone in the graveyard above ground.

By 2012, a new Alice biography, authorized by the Austin family, appeared in bookstores.The author has access to a large number of correspondence preserved by the Austin family, and has borrowed the letters about Alice and Byron preserved by the Bundfield family and the Gordon family, as well as Warren Hastings in the hands of private collectors The letters about Alice by William Beckford retell the life of Alice Austen with unprecedented richness.

Alice's own autobiography is actually biased, after all, the main perspective is her own.The autobiography was also republished, and all the parts deleted more than 100 years ago were put on it; Byron's autobiography was also republished by the way.Byron died before finishing his autobiography, and the subsequent chapters were supplemented by Ivo and Alice.

Ivo's suicide note was added to the appendix of Alice's autobiography. After it was released to the public, people said that although they didn't know who Alice loved the most, Ivo must love her more than anyone else.

In 2017, a Hollywood film company and a British production company jointly produced "Being Alice". Compared with her sister Jane's ordinary life, Alice is a fashionable woman who will not be outdated in the 21st century. Her fame is not because of "Byron's lover", but because of his own career.After the film was released, people had a better understanding of Alice's emotional life, saying that she lived a willful life, and that money and fame allowed her to ignore the strict rules of female behavior at the time; she was not a radical feminist, but In life, she always reveals her thoughts that are beyond the times.

Austin Press has republished all of her work once again.Since the publication of the first volume of "England Horror Tales" in January 1805, the total number of published works of Alice Austen has surpassed that of Shakespeare.

Alice has published a total of 33 books of various themes, excluding the 3 unfinished books. During her lifetime, her total sales reached more than 50 copies. She is the most diligent and best-selling writer of her time;

Jane has published a total of 10 books, not including one unfinished one.Because of the small number, the total sales volume is not as high as that of Alice, but it is also the best-selling author at the same time;

Austin Press published all of Byron's works, including the unfinished long poem "Don Juan".

The Austin Press has held the copyright to all of the works of the Austin sisters and Byron.

Extra Three Modern Chapters

"Alice!" A little sheep slammed on the brakes and stopped beside Alice Austin.

A long-legged and skinny boy propped up his legs, "You left without waiting for me."

"My sister is here to pick me up."

"Does it still hurt?"

Alice shook her head, "It doesn't hurt too much."

"I send you."

She thought for a while, nodded, and said to her sister: "Jane, Ollie is going to send me off."

"Go, go home early." Jane rubbed her head.

Alice got into the car and hugged Oliver's waist, "Where are we going?"

"Want ice cream? The one we went to last time was good."

"Okay." She obediently agreed.

Ice cream is very sweet.

Cone-shaped cones, hold them in your hand, buy different flavors, and eat them in exchange.

Sitting facing each other at the small table in the dessert shop, Oliver suddenly stuck his head out and kissed her.

Soft and sweet lips.

Ice cold lips.

After more than ten seconds, he kissed her again.

"Go home?"

"Ah."

"Have you finished your homework?"

"not yet."

"If you can't, just make a video call and ask me."

"it is good."

"I'll pick you up from school tomorrow morning."

"Ah."

"Do you want to play a game after finishing your homework?"

"Not really, I want to go to bed early."

But after finishing her homework, she didn't go to bed early, but took her mobile phone and chatted until almost 12 o'clock, until she was so sleepy that she fell asleep first.

The phone screen flashes white light, talking to Xingxing.

——My little blue-eyed oriole, it's time for you to sleep.

— See you tomorrow, mybaby.

Extra episode four

University of Austin, Alice College.

On the first day of class, Ivo Gordon was almost set on fire by a tricky and clever girl.

The girls are very rude, you just said the last sentence, they can take the next sentence, this is the students to the young new teacher, so that the new teacher knows that they are not easy to mess with.He was so embarrassed that he wanted to snatch Luffy and run away.

It seems that going to class according to the textbook is not going to work.

He loosened his tie. "It seems that you all have previewed the textbooks for this semester. In this case, in this class, we will talk about the founder of the University of Austin, Alice Austin. Has anyone read her work?"

The girls started laughing, then looked at a girl in the front row of the room.

Ivo is puzzled.

The girl was beautiful, with snow-skinned eyes and thick brown curly hair. She had a helpless expression on her face.

After class, he found out that this girl had the same name and surname as the writer he was talking about today, but the middle name was different.

The girls are very diligent, they hand in their homework on time, and their essays are wonderful.The course of English Literature History is relatively not difficult to learn, and it is not difficult to teach, but if you want to teach the course wonderfully and keep the students from distracting, you still need to know a little bit.

The pretty girl has a boyfriend whom she has known since middle school. The boy is also very pretty, and he is good at mathematics, physics and chemistry. He goes to Imperial College and is one year older than Alice. He developed a mobile app at the age of 1 and opened it A small technology company, self-appointed CEO.

The boy will ride a little sheep to pick up Alice on weekends, and he will definitely kiss when they meet. The two children are sweet and sweet.

He thought: Oh!It's nice to be young!

School life goes by quickly, and after one semester, I have become familiar with students in several classes.He is very popular with the students, probably because he is young, has a pleasing appearance, and is not as dull as the older teachers. He will tell them some short jokes in class to improve the classroom atmosphere.The test scores are also more polite, and they have passed everything that can be passed, but in fact, there are not many who cannot pass.

Alice Austen was always one of those few who did well in her exams and came out on top.

Teachers would like a student like her, who is smart, hardworking, understands everything, and is beautiful, so it is very refreshing to look at.

She likes to sit in the front row, and she doesn't take the lectures very seriously, but she is very quiet, so he just let her go.As a college student, the teacher has no responsibility, and it is impossible to control too much. Students who do not learn to manage themselves have no future.

After school, he usually leaves work, returns to the apartment, cooks himself something to eat, drinks some wine, plays games or reads a book, that's how a single man relaxes.

On weekends, I will go out with my friends to ride bicycles, play skydiving, and have a little personal life.

He cautiously kept a distance from the female students. There was no clear regulation in the school, but in-service teachers fell in love with students, no matter how you looked at it, it was considered "sexual harassment". It would not be a good thing to be discovered or accused.He is a healthy man and a man of normal mind, so he doesn't need to worry about his career.

It wasn't until this class of students graduated, and the next semester, when new students flooded into the classroom, that he suddenly realized that this meant he would never see that beautiful girl who always seemed to be sleepwalking in the front row of the classroom again.

He thought that things would be like this, and things would pass without any surprises. Before he had time to confirm his feelings, he would have no chance to see her again.

Love may not be the thunder that stirs the fire, but a bud that gradually sprouts in the heart.It's just that a bud is a bud, and it will be snuffed out at any time.

Modern men and women, where are there so many lingering romances?Everything pays attention to the fast-paced 21st century. If you feel good, then go on a date to find out how you feel. If it makes sense, continue. If you can’t talk, of course there will be no next time.

It is said that when a man and a woman meet for the first time, they will know if it is his favorite. He is just used to her appearance.

It can't be called "love".

Life is still orderly and light as usual.

He thought that there are so many passers-by in this world, people no longer need a long time to understand a person as before.

There are also a variety of social ways, no longer as before, only socializing in a narrow circle.

But we have become more socially inactive and used to being alone.

If 50 years ago, a 28-year-old single man would be regarded as "abnormal", but in the 21st century, he is still too young, not young enough to understand many philosophies of life.

When I saw her again, she had just enrolled as a master's student in another college.

They are no longer a teacher-student relationship.

Saw her at one of the school's dances, the annual entrance dance theme was 19th century, the Austen era.Teachers and students attending the ball will wear Regency costumes in the early 19th century, and Alice wears a pistil yellow dress.

"Mr. Gordon."

She called him first.

He recognized her at a glance, "Miss Austin."

The smell of perfume, the rustling sound of the fabric of the dress, the subtle sound of footsteps on the floor with the soles of leather shoes.

They kissed under the laurel tree, which was not yet in bloom, and its thick foliage hid them both.

He didn't ask her anything, and she didn't say anything.

For the first time, he discovered that kissing can make people extremely happy.

Love makes people extremely happy.

Extra Story 19 [-]th Century Chapter

The boys splashed in the creek.

They were all boys, they were all shy, and they all stripped off, jumping down happily.But not today, Alice promised to come and swim with them.

So starting with Oliver, he only took off his shirt and never took it off again.

It was a bit awkward to go into the water with clothes on, and the breeches got wet and stuck to my legs, which was uncomfortable.

Alice arrived at the small river at the agreed time, Jacob also took off his shirt, and took her down the river.

The river water was still a bit cold, and she took several breaths before daring to soak in the water.

Oliver asked Ivo to teach her to swim, and he was beside her, holding her belly to ensure that she would not sink.

She didn't learn fast, and she only learned the simplest dog planing in one afternoon, and she couldn't swim very far at all.

Oliver had a good temper and comforted her: "You just started learning, only a few hours, and you will definitely not learn so quickly. Come tomorrow."

Her hair was wet, and her small face was glistening with water, she nodded vigorously.

Ivo thought she was a bit troublesome and clumsy, but she looked good, she should be a cute little girl, and she shouldn't dislike her for disturbing their water play, so he reluctantly agreed to teach him tomorrow.

Jacob took her ashore, her maid covered her with a big towel, she turned her face, and called him with her girl's crisp and soft voice, "Ivo, I'll bring you some fruit tomorrow, do you like it?" what to eat?"

"Fig."

"Oliver, what fruit do you like to eat?"

"Tangerine."

"George, what about you?"

"Figs, grapes."

She nodded, turned around and took Jacob's hand, walked to the high place on the river bank, and Jacob carried her onto the horse.

Many years later, when Ivo thought of this day, he always felt that it was a sign that that bright-eyed girl would have an inseparable and constant entanglement with them in the future.

The author has something to say: *Now it’s more than 2700, and it’s only 3000 more away from Little Pink, who received 200. If you pass by, please click a few more, enter the author’s column, and bookmark Let's go.

----

Alice Austin: Hailee Steinfeld

Oliver Bondfield: Asa Butterfield

Ivo Gordon: Tom Holland

Gabriel Bernison: Gabriel Mann

Grant Temple: Grant Gustin

Jane Austen: Anne Hathaway

Tom Lefroy: James McAvoy

Wesley: Lawrence Fox