I very much hope correspondence about him is in the burned piles of letters. Or that they visited him frequently & it just wasn’t discussed. Such a sad but beautiful newsletter for this week. Thanks for writing it, Camilla!
I’d never heard of George Austen before this 😭 My heart aches for him, to have lived such a long life isolated from his family, too. The unmarked grave and no siblings present at his funeral is absolutely heartbreaking. I have to be honest this is going to take me a while to process. Jane is a pillar of taking a stand on the backward ways of society (in regard to women). An advocate for change. It’s a tough pill to swallow to imagine she may have completely dismissed a brother with special needs. Thank you for sharing! ( About George,and the tie-in with your own family and sister)
I very much hope correspondence about him is in the burned piles of letters. Or that they visited him frequently & it just wasn’t discussed. Such a sad but beautiful newsletter for this week. Thanks for writing it, Camilla!
I’m glad I know about George. Thank you for sharing his story and your wisdom.
I’d never heard of George Austen before this 😭 My heart aches for him, to have lived such a long life isolated from his family, too. The unmarked grave and no siblings present at his funeral is absolutely heartbreaking. I have to be honest this is going to take me a while to process. Jane is a pillar of taking a stand on the backward ways of society (in regard to women). An advocate for change. It’s a tough pill to swallow to imagine she may have completely dismissed a brother with special needs. Thank you for sharing! ( About George,and the tie-in with your own family and sister)
I only just learned about him, too. Broke my heart a bit. It’s so sad to see how people with special needs were treated. Thank you for reading