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Record Number: 10386


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Has your newspaper given a sad story of a Mrs Middleton, wife of a Farmer in Yorkshire, her sister & servant being almost frozen to death in the late weather - her little Child quite so? - I hope this sister is not our friend Miss Woodd - & I rather think her Brotherinlaw had moved into Lincolnshire, but their name & station accord too well...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

10 Jan 1809

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Southampton
county: Hampshire
specific address: Castle Square

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:

Jane Austen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Dec 1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)
daughter of clergyman

Occupation:

Novelist

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspaper

Genre:

newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

10386

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Austen

Editor:

Deirdre Le Faye

Title:

Jane Austen's Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

164

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Tuesday 10 - Wednesday 11 January 1809, from Castle Square, Southampton.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 164, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10386, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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