Anna Austen Lefroy

Austen is very careful in specifying the locations of her characters' residences.

Her correspondence with her niece Anna Austen, when Anna was herself working on a novel, makes clear how important Jane Austen considers accuracy of detail.

She rebukes Anna for having characters talk about what's going on in a town 40 miles away and suggests a specific closer town instead.

I never really thought about the fact that Austen is referencing these places for a reason.