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Record 7871

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'My Mother - not liked it so well as P. & P. - Thought Fanny insipid. Enjoyed Mrs. Norris.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1814 and 31 Dec 1815
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Cassandra Leigh Austen
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1739
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Wife of clergyman
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Nee Cassandra Leigh. Jane Austen's mother, not her sister, who was also called Cassandra Austen

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Jane Austen
Title: Mansfield Park
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1814
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7871  
Source - Print  
  Author: Jane Austen
  Editor: R.W. Chapman
  Title: The Works of Jane Austen (Minor Works)
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1954
  Vol: 7
  Page: 431-5
  Additional comments: The Opinions of Mansfield Park were collected by Jane Austen. Respondents are identified by Chapman in Index II, pp.467-71.

Citation: Jane Austen, R.W. Chapman (ed.), The Works of Jane Austen (Minor Works) (Oxford, 1954), 7, p. 431-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7871, accessed: 28 March 2024

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