| Evidence: | 'Her favourite novels included those of Burney, whom she thought "the very best of English novelists", and of Richardson, especially "Sir Charles Grandison".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Jane Austen |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Dec 1775 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| 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: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 135 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 144 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation (Cambridge, 1999), p. 144, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=135, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| See R.W. Chapman (ed.) 'Jane Austen's Letters' (Oxford, 1969) |
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