Record Number: 11551

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I suppose all the World is sitting in Judgement upon the Princess of Wales's Letter. Poor Woman, I shall support her as long as I can, because she is a Woman, & because I hate her husband - but I can hardly forgive her for calling herself 'attached & affectionate' to a Man whom she must detest - & the intimacy said to subsist between her & Lady Oxford is bad...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 8 Feb 1813 and 16 Feb 1813

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chawton
county: Hampshire
specific address: Chawton Cottage

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:

Reader:

Jane Austen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Dec 1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenb?ttel

Title:

published letter about the status of her marriage to the Prince of Wales

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

Morning Chronicle, 8 Feb 1813

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11551

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Austen

Editor:

Deirdre Le Faye

Title:

Jane Austen's Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

208

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane Austen to Martha Lloyd, Tuesday 16 February 1813, from Chawton.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 208, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11551, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None