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James Austen
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Jane Austen : Mansfield Park
'My Eldest Brother - a warm admirer of it in general. - Delighted with the Portsmouth scene.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Austen Print: Book
Jane Austen : Mansfield Park
'Edward - Much like his Father. - Objected to Mrs Rushworth's Elopement as unnatural'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Edward Austen-Leigh Print: Book
Jane Austen : Emma
'Mr & Mrs J. A. - did not like it so well as either of the 3 others. Language different from the others; not so easily read.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Austen Print: Book
Jane Austen : Emma
'Mr & Mrs J. A. - did not like it so well as either of the 3 others. Language different from the others; not so easily read.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: [Mrs James] Austen Print: Book
Jane Austen : Emma
'Edward - preferred it to M.P. - only. - Mr. K liked by every body.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Edward Austen-Leigh Print: Book
Dr Edward Jenner : pamphlet on the cow pox
'We had a very pleasant day on monday at Ashe [...] There was a whist & a casino table, & six outsiders. - Rice & Lucy made love, Mat: Robinson fell asleep, James and Mrs Augusta alternately read Dr Jenner's pamphlet on the cow pox, & I bestowed my company by turns on all.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Austen
Walter Scott : Marmion, or A Tale of Flodden Field
'Ought I to be very much pleased with Marmion? - As yet I am not. James reads it aloud in the Eveng - the short Eveng - beginning at about 10, & broken by supper.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Austen Print: Book
Eaton Stannard Barrett : The Heroine; or, Adventures of Cherubina
'I finished the Heroine last night & was very much amused by it. I wonder James did not like it better. It diverted me exceedingly.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Austen Print: Book
James Edward Austen : unpublished manuscript story
'[James Edward Austen] read his two Chapters to us the first Evening; - both good - but especially the last in our opinion. We think it has more of the Spirit & Entertainment of the early part of his Work, the first 3 or 4 Chapters, than some of the subsequent...'
