Evidence: | 'Mr and Mrs Leigh Perrot - saw many beauties in it, but could not think it equal to P & P. - Darcy & Elizabeth had spoilt them for anything else. - Mr. K. however, an excellent character; Emma better luck than a Matchmaker often has. - Pitied Jane Fairfax - thought Frank Churchill better treated than he deserved.' |
||||||||||
Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Feb 1817 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
|
||||||||||
Type of Experience (Listener): |
|
Reader: | [Mr] Leigh-Perrot |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | retired |
Religion: | Anglican |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | Jane Austen's uncle |
Author: | Jane Austen |
Title: | Emma |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1816 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 7974 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jane Austen | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | The Works of Jane Austen: Minor Works | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1954 | |
Vol: | 6 | |
Page: | 436-9 | |
Additional comments: | Opinions of "Emma" were collected and transcribed by Jane Austen, and the readers identified by R.W. Chapman. |
Citation: | Jane Austen, R.W. Chapman (ed.), The Works of Jane Austen: Minor Works (Oxford, 1954), 6, p. 436-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7974, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)