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Uppercase letters Written by Maisy (8/30/2005 4:37 p.m.)

Letters 5 and 6, in particular, have a great many words capitalized in the middle of sentences. I'm curious as to whether this was a common practice, or something unique to JA? I've not seen this in the various editions of the novels that I've flipped through, so I'm assuming that she didn't have this habit when writing her prose?

(It reminds me of the originals of Emily Dickinson's poems, with capitialized words mid-line.)

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Uppercase letters Maisy (8/30/2005 4:37 p.m.)

Thanks to all Maisy (8/31/2005 11:36 a.m.)
Happens in other source material too Tracy W (8/30/2005 11:04 p.m.)
I wonder if this... Reeba (8/30/2005 5:05 p.m.)
When I see the capped words... Robbin (8/30/2005 5:04 p.m.)
- Yes, this is how I see it as well Maisy (8/30/2005 5:08 p.m.)
  - Yes, it was common to capitalize English nouns... Line (8/30/2005 6:33 p.m.)

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