| Evidence: | 'My father is now reading the Midnight Bell, which he has got from the library, and mother sitting by the fire.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 24 Oct 1798 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: after 5:45pm | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Dartford specific address: Bull and George public house location in dwelling: private sitting room |
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| Reader: | George Austen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1731 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Jane Austen, Mrs Austen |
| Additional comments: | Father of Jane Austen |
| Author: | Francis Lathom |
| Title: | Midnight Bell, a German Story, Founded on Incidents in Real Life |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | published 1798 |
| Provenance: | Borrowed (circulating library) |
| Record ID: | 55 | |
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| Author: | Jane Austen | |
| Editor: | Deirdre Le Faye | |
| Title: | Jane Austen's Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 15 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, 24 October 1798 |
| Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 15, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=55, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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