So we all have heard about Bette Davis Eyes, right?
Well I have Jane Austen eyes.
I know you are thinking, uh what does that mean?
So I was reading an article about how they studied two of Jane Austen’s eyeglasses and how bad her eyesight got at the end. They discussed how much her sight regressed, and think that arsenic might be the cause. If you’d like to read more follow this link.
But the part that really stood out to be was this part of the article:
“Tests showed they increased in strength from +1.75 in each eye from the first pair to +4.75 and +5.0 in the final pair-meaning she would have found it very difficult to see well enough to read or write by the time she died.”
That was what caught me!
“…she would have found it very difficult to see well enough to read or write by the time she died.”
That’s my eyesight!
My right eye is 5.0 and my left 4.75. So that means that if I lived in Regency England I “…would have found it very difficult to see well enough to read or write…”
What???!!!
It’s horrible! I can’t imagine not being able to read!
I can’t imagine a sadder life.
But on the plus side, I do have something in common with Jane Austen not everyone does. I have her eyes.
And thank goodness I live in today’s time so I have good glasses and can read. My life would be so sad and boring without it.
For more on glasses, go to Eye Guess I Won’t Be Seeing You
For more on Jane Austen, go to In Honor of Jane
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