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  1. What an interesting post. In Mansfield Park, Fanny’s father loved to read his borrowed paper. It was in that story that he read aloud the on dit describing the breaking scandal with the Bertram daughter. It seems everyone loves a good scandal. Meryton society doesn’t need a gossip rag… they have Lady Lucas, Mrs. Philips, and Mrs. Bennet.

  2. I found this interesting, especially that there were so many newspapers. I do so agree with your last paragraph…the more things change the more they stay the same. However with today’s social media the effects have us reading about suicides and mass bullying, etc. Even the government is a turmoil of e-mail and twitter messages sent and denied and hidden and twisted! Shame, shame, shame!

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