| Evidence: | 'I went on with "Persuasion", finished it, began "Northanger Abbey", which I have now finished. These two novels have sadly reduced my estimation of Miss Austen. They are little more than galleries of disagreeables and the would-be heroes and heroines are scarcely out of the class of insignificants. Yet I ought to be suspicious perhaps of my own declining judgement.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 23 Sep 1842 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Henry Crabb Robinson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1775 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| 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: | Jane Austen |
| Title: | Persuasion |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 8002 | |
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| Author: | Henry Crabb Robinson | |
| Editor: | Edith J. Morley | |
| Title: | Henry Crabb Robinson on Books and their Writers | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1938 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 625 | |
| Additional comments: | Diary entry for 23 September 1842 |
| Citation: | Henry Crabb Robinson, Edith J. Morley (ed.), Henry Crabb Robinson on Books and their Writers (London, 1938), 2, p. 625, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8002, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
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