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Record Number: 11552


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I wonder whether you happened to see Mr Blackall's marriage in the Papers last Janry. [italics] We [end italics] did. He was married at Clifton to a Miss Lewis, whose Father had been late of Antigua.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 11 Jan 1813 and 31 Jan 1813

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chawton
county: Hampshire
specific address: Chawton Cottage

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:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Hampshire Telegraph, Births, Marriages and Deaths section

Genre:

marriage

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

Hampshire Telegraph, Monday 11 Jan, 1813

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11552

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:

216

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane Austen to Francis Austen, Saturday 3-Tuesday 6 July, 1813, from Chawton.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 216, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11552, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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