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Edward Knight

 

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Jane Austen : Mansfield Park

'Not so clever as P.&P. - but pleased with it altogether. Liked the character of Fanny. Admired the Portsmouth Scene.' - Mr K.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Austen Knight      Print: Book

  

Jane Austen : Mansfield Park

'Edward & George. - Not liked it near so well as P.& P. - Edward admired Fanny - George disliked her. - George interested by nobody but Mary Crawford. - Edward pleased with Henry C. - Edmund objected to, as cold & formal. - Henry C.'s going off with Mrs R. - at such a time, when so much in love with Fanny, thought unnatural by Edward.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Knight      Print: Book

  

Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice

["Mansfield Park" is] 'Not so clever as P & P - but pleased with it altogether' - Mr K.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Austen Knight      Print: Book

  

Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice

'Edward & George. - Not liked it ["Mansfield Park"] near so well as P. & P.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Knight      Print: Book

  

Anna Maria Porter : Lake of Killarney

'While I write now, George is most industriously making and naming paper ships, at which he afterwards shoots with horse-chestnuts, brought from Steventon on purpose; and Edward equally intent over the "Lake of Killarney", twisting himself about in one of our great chairs'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Knight      Print: Book

 

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