| Evidence: | 'We have been very much amused by your 3 books, but I have a good many criticisms to make - more than you will like [extensive criticism of the MS follows]... You are now collecting your People delightfully, getting them exactly into such a spot as is the delight of my life; - 3 or 4 families in a Country Village is the very thing to work on.' [further comment and criticism follows] |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 9 Sep 1814 and 18 Sep 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Chawton county: Hants |
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| Reader: | Jane Austen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Dec 1775 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Cassandra Austen; Cassandra Leigh Austen |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Anna Austen |
| Title: | [unpublished story] |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet |
| Publication details: | never published |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) lent by author |
| Record ID: | 11756 | |
| 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: | 274-6 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Jane Austen to Anna Austen, Friday 9 - Sunday 18 September 1814, from Chawton, Hampshire. |
| Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 274-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11756, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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