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16 feet square Written by Barbara (9/8/2009 1:05 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, A very snug little cottage., penned by Rachel G

I often wonder if Jane Austen meant the rooms were 16 by 16, as a room that is 16 feet square is not that big! It would be four feet by four feet or eight feet by two feet! She must mean 16 by 16, in which case the room is actually 256 feet square!

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Devonshire, here we come! Elizabeth K (9/8/2009 6:29 a.m.)

A very snug little cottage. Rachel G (9/8/2009 12:02 p.m.)
- On my first reading, I had assumed that the cottage kathleen (elder) (9/8/2009 5:43 p.m.)
  - I can only imagine how big Norland was :-) NFM janelt (9/8/2009 11:04 p.m.)
  - me, too--I wouldn't mind one of these LITTLE cottages! : D (nfm) Ivonne (9/8/2009 5:56 p.m.)
- 16 feet square Barbara (9/8/2009 1:05 p.m.)
  - 16 feet square is different from 16 square feet. Christopher (9/8/2009 1:35 p.m.)
    - It depends, I guess Barbara (9/8/2009 2:19 p.m.)
      - In either case, it would seem that they moved into a broom closet janelt (9/8/2009 5:43 p.m.)
Barton Cottage BarbaraB (9/8/2009 11:54 a.m.)

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