| Evidence: | 'I would not let Martha [Lloyd] read First Impressions [later published as "Pride and Prejudice"] again upon any account, & am very glad that I did not leave it in your power. - She is very cunning, but I see through her design; she means to publish it from Memory, & one more perusal must enable her to do it." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Hampshire | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Martha Lloyd |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Companion |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Jane Austen |
| Title: | First Impressions |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet, MS of novel |
| Publication details: | published as Pride and Prejudice, 1813. |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) borrowed from author |
| Record ID: | 10353 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Austen | |
| Editor: | Deirdre LeFaye | |
| Title: | Jane Austen's Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 44 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Tuesday 11 June 1799, from 13, Queen Square, Bath. |
| Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre LeFaye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 44, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10353, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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