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Record Number: 11777


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have been very much entertained by your story of Carolina & her aged Father, it made me laugh heartily, & I am particularly glad to find you so much alive upon any topic of such absurdity, as the usual description of a Heroine's father.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 Jul 1816

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Caroline Austen

Title:

unpublished story

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
lent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

11777

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:

317

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane Austen to Caroline Austen, Monday 15 July 1816.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 317, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11777, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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