Reading the News in Austen's England

The front page of this November 2, 1813 issue of the Kentish Gazette offers a glimpse into the local news that Mr. Collins and Charlotte Lucas of Pride and Prejudice might have read over their morning toast and tea in their vicarage in the county of Kent. 

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Kentish Gazette. November 2, 1813.

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