Haikus from The Letters of Jane Austen by Jane Austen

From a book categorized as Biography & Autobiography / Literary and 317 pages follows a description and a number of hidden haikus found in the book:

The point of view of a woman with such an environment must naturally be circumscribed and narrow; and in this Miss Austen's charm consists. Seeing little, she painted what she saw with absolute fidelity and a dexterity and perfection unequalled. "On her was bestowed, though in a humble form, the gift which had been bestowed on Homer, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Scott, and a few others,—the gift of creative power." Endowed with the keenest and most delicate insight and a vivid sense of humor, she depicted with exactitude what she observed and what she understood, giving to each fact and emotion its precise shade and value.

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My mother has not
 been out of doors this week, but
she keeps pretty well.

Henry never sent
 his love to me in your last,
but I send him mine.

Now for Bath. Poor F.
 Cage has suffered a good deal
from her accident.

Monday, November
 15, is the day now fixed
for our setting out.

It depends upon
 the weather, and the weather
now is very fine.

So far, however,
 as answering your question,
I have no scruple.

Remember me most
 kindly to everybody,
and Miss Benn besides.

I could not say No
 when he asked me, but he knows
nothing more of it.