| Evidence: | 'I have been reading "Emma". Everything Miss Austen writes is clever, but I desiderate something. There is a want of [italics] body [close italics] to the story. The action is frittered away in over-little things. There are some beautiful things in it. Emma herself is the most interesting to me of all her heroines. I feel kind to her whenever I think of her. But Miss Austen has no romance - none at all. What vile creatures her parsons are! she has not a dream of the high Catholic ethos. That other woman, Fairfax is a dolt - but I like Emma.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 10 Jan 1837 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Henry Newman |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 21 Feb 1801 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | Cardinal |
| Religion: | Catholic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Also known as Cardinal Newman |
| Author: | Jane Austen |
| Title: | Emma |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8019 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Henry Newman | |
| Editor: | A Mozley | |
| Title: | Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman during his time in the English Church | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 223 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter to Mrs. John Mozley, 10 Jan 1837. |
| Citation: | John Henry Newman, A Mozley (ed.), Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman during his time in the English Church (London, 1891), 2, p. 223, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8019, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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