| Evidence: | 'This is a sad story about Mrs Powlett. I should not have suspected her of such a thing. - She staid the Sacrament I remember, the last time that you & I did. - A hint of it, with Intitials, was in yesterday's Courier; & Mr Moore guessed it to be Ld Sackville, beleiving [sic] there was no other Viscount S. in the peerage, & so it proved.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 20 Jun 1808 and 22 Jun 1808 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Kent specific address: Godmersham Farm |
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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: | |
| Title: | [newspaper] |
| Genre: | newspaper |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10380 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Austen | |
| Editor: | Deirdre Le Faye | |
| Title: | Jane Austen's Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 131 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Monday 20-Wednesday 22 June,1808, from Godmersham, Kent. |
| Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 131, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10380, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| The editor notes of this somewhat cryptic comment: 'The scandal cannot be found in the London "Courier", but see "Morning Post", 18 and 21 June 1808. "Another elopement has taken place in high life. A noble Viscount, Lord S., has gone off with a Mrs P., the wife of a relative of a Noble Marquis...' |
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