| Evidence: | 'He [James, the Austens' servant] has that the laudable thirst I fancy for Travelling, which in poor James Selby was so much reprobated.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Jane Austen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Dec 1775 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) daughter of clergyman |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| 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: | Samuel Richardson |
| Title: | Sir Charles Grandison |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 10366 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Austen | |
| Editor: | Deirdre LeFaye | |
| Title: | Jane Austen's Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 93 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Friday, 14 September, 1804, from Lyme Regis. |
| Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre LeFaye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 93, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10366, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| The allusion here to James Selby is only one such familiar allusion to "Sir Charles Grandison" in Austen's writing. According to Austen family tradition, it was her favourite book. |
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