Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This video was first created for an online Regency Retreat in support of Historic Teel House in Norwich, Connecticut. Here Ros explains how Mrs Cole in Emma was in a couple of short paragraphs able to brag for herself and insult Jane Fairfax while at the same time unconsciously summarising the development of keyboard instruments during Jane's lifetime.