Record Number: 10392

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'You certainly must have heard, before I can tell you, that Col. Orde has married our cousin, Margt Beckford, the Marchss of Douglas's sister. The Papers say that her father disinherits her, but I think too well of an Orde, to suppose that she has not a handsome Independence of her own.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

29 May 1811

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chawton
county: Hants

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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Newspaper report

Genre:

newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10392

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:

187

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Wednesday 29 May, 1811, from Chawton, Hants.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 187, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10392, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None