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Record 10378

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I have read Mr Jefferson's case to Edward [Austen], and he desires to have his name set down for a guinea and his wife's for another; but does not with for more than one copy of the work.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 15 Jun 1808 and 17 Jun 1808
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: Clergy (includes all denominations)
daughter of clergyman
Occupation: Novelist
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Edward Austen
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Revd T. Jefferson
Title: Request for subscribers for "Two Sermons"
Genre: Sermon
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10378  
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: 127
  Additional comments: Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Wednesday 15-Friday 17 June, 1808, from Godmersham, Kent.

Citation: Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 127, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10378, accessed: 29 March 2024

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