Talk:The Diary of a Farmer's Wife 1796–1797

Spurious or fake diary circa 1930's
I am astonished that this fraud seems to have been accepted in all seriousness by Suzanne Beedell and others. No one who has read just a few diaries or commonplace books of the 18th century can possibly be fooled by it. It is full of little errors and seems to be written in a phonetic "Mummerset" rendering of turn-of-the-century (1800) English. I note that the editor refers to the "typescript" and not to any original manuscript. I am sure that Mrs Jean Preston, who was presumably the author, derived enormous pleasure from seeing it serialised in the Farmer's Weekly Home Section, and I hope she survived long enough to see the hardback edition in print. Nick Michael (talk) 11:19, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The word "typescript" does not appear in this article, and Jeanne Preston died in 1952. Is there anything written in this article with which you disagree?  Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)