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Record Number: 11749


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We have called upon Miss Dusautoy and Miss Papillon & been very pretty. - Miss D. has a great idea of being Fanny Price [the heroine of JA's novel, "Mansfield Park"], she & her younest sister together, who is named Fanny.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 9 May 1814 and 23 Jun 1814

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

[Miss] Dusautoy

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

none

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Jane Austen

Title:

Mansfield Park

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first edition of Mansfield Park, published by T. Egerton, 9 May 1814

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11749

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:

265

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Thursday 23 June 1814, from Chawton, Hampshire.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 265, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11749, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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