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Record Number: 20958


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We do not much like Mr Cooper's new Sermons; they are fuller of Regeneration & Conversion than ever - with the addition of his zeal in the cause of the Bible Society.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 8 Sep 1816 and 9 Sep 1816

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Cooper

Title:

Two Sermons Preached at Wolverhampton

Genre:

Sermon

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1816

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

20958

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:

322

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, dated 8-9 September 1816.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 322, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20958, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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