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Record 10387

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'To set against your new Novel, of which nobody ever heard before & perhaps never may again, We have got "Ida of Athens" by Miss Owenson; which must be very clever, because it was written as the Authoress says, in three months. - We have only read the Preface yet; but her Irish Girl does not make me expect much. - If the warmth of her Language could affect the Body, it might be worth reading in this weather.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 18 Jan 1809
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Southampton
county: Hampshire
specific address: Castle Square
   
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:

Reading Group:Austen Family
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
family of clergyman
Occupation: various
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Sydney Owenson
Title: Woman, or Ida of Athens
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1809
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10387  
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: 166
  Additional comments: Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Tuesday 17 - Wednesday 18 January 1809, from Castle Square, Southampton.

Citation: Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 166, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10387, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

"Miss Owenson" is Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan.

 

 

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