Record Number: 7918
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Lady Gordon wrote "In most novels you are amused for the time with a set of Ideal People whom you never think of afterwards or whom you in the least expect to meet in common life, whereas in Miss A-s works, & especially in M.P. you actually [italics] live [end italics] with them, you fancy yourself one of the family; & the scenes are so exactly descriptive, so perfectly natural, that there is scarcely an Incident or conversation, or a person that you are not inclined to imagine you have at one time or other in your Life been a witness to, born a part in, & been acquainted with."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1814 and 31 Dec 1815
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Mansfield Park
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1814
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7918
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:The Works of Jane Austen (Minor Works)
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1954
Vol:7
Page:431-5
Additional Comments:
The Opinions of Mansfield Park were collected by Jane Austen. Respondents are identified by Chapman in Index II, pp.467-71.
Citation:
Jane Austen, R.W. Chapman (ed.), The Works of Jane Austen (Minor Works) (Oxford, 1954), 7, p. 431-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7918, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
