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Record Number: 11745


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Do not be angry with me for beginning another Letter to you. I have read the Corsair, mended my petticoat, & have nothing else to do.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

5 Mar 1814

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
specific address: Henrietta St

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:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Title:

The Corsair

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1814

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11745

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:

257

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Saturday 5 - Tuesday 8 March, 1814, from Henrietta St, London.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 257, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11745, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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