Evidence: | 'Ought I to be very much pleased with Marmion? - As yet I am not. James reads it aloud in the Eveng - the short Eveng - beginning at about 10, & broken by supper.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 20 Jun 1808 and 22 Jun 1808 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening: from about 10pm | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Kent specific address: Godmersham Farm |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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) |
Jane Austen and other members of the Austen family |
Additional comments: | Jane Austen's brother |
Author: | Walter Scott |
Title: | Marmion, or A Tale of Flodden Field |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1808 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 10379 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jane Austen | |
Editor: | Deirdre Le Faye | |
Title: | Jane Austen's Letters | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 131 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Monday 20-Wednesday 22 June,1808, from Godmersham, Kent. |
Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 131, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10379, accessed: 17 April 2024 |
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