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Record 10359

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'We had a very pleasant day on monday at Ashe [...] There was a whist & a casino table, & six outsiders. - Rice & Lucy made love, Mat: Robinson fell asleep, James and Mrs Augusta alternately read Dr Jenner's pamphlet on the cow pox, & I bestowed my company by turns on all.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 17 Nov 1800
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Ashe
county: Hampshire
   
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:James Austen
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Clergyman
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Dr Edward Jenner
Title: pamphlet on the cow pox
Genre: Medicine
Form of Text: Print: Pamphlet
Publication details: pamphlets on the cowpox published 1798-1800
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10359  
Source - Print  
  Author: Jane Austen
  Editor: Deirdre LeFaye
  Title: Jane Austen's Letters
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1995
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 62
  Additional comments: Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Thursday 20 - Friday 21 November, 1800, from Steventon Rectory, Hants.

Citation: Jane Austen, Deirdre LeFaye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10359, accessed: 23 April 2024

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