Sanditon - who is watching?

jonri
Thu, 30 Jan 2020 05:24:31 +0000

Jane Austen only wrote 11 chapters of Sanditon. One of the characters introduced is a Miss Lambe from the West Indies who is 17, in ill health, and who is described as “half mulatto” and from the West Indies.In the fragment, Lady Denham does decide her nephew Edward should marry her.

See e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanditon

So, while much of the story is invented,including a part Black character was Jane Austen’s own idea.

Yes, I’m watching.