Devotees of author from Britain and the US lobby Southampton council to reject proposals for historic Dolphin building
on both sides of the Atlantic have joined a campaign to save the historic port city hotel where she celebrated her 18th birthday.Fans of Austen in the UK and much farther afield are lobbying Southampton city council to reject the plans and keep the building,The writer is said to have marked her 18th birthday in the ballroom of the Dolphin on 16 December 1793
“I’m so passionate about this. As soon as I found out about it I contacted our theatre group so they knew what to do … objection, objection, objection.” “It was the same room in which we danced 15 years ago. I thought it all over, and in spite of the shame of being so much older, felt with thankfulness that I was quite as happy now as then. We paid an additional shilling for our tea, which we took as we chose in an adjoining and very comfortable room.”has written a stern letter on behalf of the “international community of Jane Austen fans and scholars” objecting to the plans.
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