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Record 10391

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I congratulate Edward [JA's brother] on the Weald of Kent Canal-Bill being put off till another Session, as I have just had the pleasure of reading. There is always something to be hoped from Delay.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 30 Apr 1811
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
specific address: Sloane St
   
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: 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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Newspaper report on Parliamentary Sessions
Genre: Politics
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10391  
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: 186
  Additional comments: Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Tuesday 30 April, 1811, from Sloane St, London.

Citation: Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10391, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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