Mrs. Norris

[joywitch999]

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From: joywitch999
Subject: Mrs. Norris
Date: 8/23/00 1:59 pm  (ET)

Well, I have been trying to catch up since I got back from vacation 3
days ago, and it is hopeless - I have only read about half of the 800
messages posted in the 10 days I was away! Anyway, I picked up the book
Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen, at a friends house and I noticed that
there is a character named Mrs. Norris. I am pretty sure that I read
somewhere that JKR is a big Jane Austen fan, so I guess that this is not
a coincidence, especially as Mrs. Norris is a pretty horrible woman -
selfish, manipulative and penny-pinching. Has anyone noticed any other
Jane Austen references in the HP books?