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Record Number: 87


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'There was a very long list of Arrivals here, in the Newspaper yesterday, so that we need not immediately dread absolute solitude.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 17 May 1798

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Bath
specific address: 13 Queen's Square

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:

Gentry

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:

n/a

Genre:

newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

87

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:

41

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, 17 May 1799

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=87, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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