It`s official, Jane Austen`s ring is a national treasure. My wife, who works in the theatre, knows many others who are of the same opinion. However although taken in many places the have never been taken out of the country. So now the Government has stepped in with a block. Now come on you J.A. fans, you`re all minted, it goes with the territory. Surely you lot, who firmly believe literature is still wedged in the 17th Century, can stump up with the money to keep it here.
Just think how happy you would be to share Jane Austin`s ring at dinner parties. You could all take turns slipping your fingers in and admiring its gold and turquoise refinements. Think how wonderful it would be to say you had the complete set of her works. We all know how important rings are in literature, their references crop up time and time again. But Jane Austin`s ring, this really is a different league. Sense and Sensibility? You haven`t seen anything yet.
Just think how happy you would be to share Jane Austin`s ring at dinner parties. You could all take turns slipping your fingers in and admiring its gold and turquoise refinements. Think how wonderful it would be to say you had the complete set of her works. We all know how important rings are in literature, their references crop up time and time again. But Jane Austin`s ring, this really is a different league. Sense and Sensibility? You haven`t seen anything yet.