Record Number: 10371

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"Alphonsine" did not do. We were disgusted in twenty pages, as, independent of a bad translation, it has indelicacies which disgrace a pen hitherto so pure; and we changed it for the "Female Quixotte", which now makes our evening amusement; to me a very high one, as I find the work quite equal to what I remembered it. Mrs F.A., to whom it is new, enjoys it as one could wish; the other Mary, I believe, has little pleasure from that or any other book.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 7 Jan 1807 and 8 Jan 1807

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Southampton

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Austen family

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

various

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Madame de Genlis

Title:

Alphonsine, or Maternal Affection

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

read in the English translation of 1807

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10371

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Austen

Editor:

Deirdre LeFaye

Title:

Jane Austen's Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

115-6

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Wednesday 7- Thursday 8 January 1807, from Southampton.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre LeFaye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 115-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10371, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None