| Evidence: | 'While I write now, George is most industriously making and naming paper ships, at which he afterwards shoots with horse-chestnuts, brought from Steventon on purpose; and Edward equally intent over the "Lake of Killarney", twisting himself about in one of our great chairs'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 24 Oct 1808 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Southampton county: Hampshire specific address: Castle Square |
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| Reader: | Edward Knight |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry son of landowner |
| Occupation: | child |
| 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 |
| Author: | Anna Maria Porter |
| Title: | Lake of Killarney |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1804 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10382 | |
| 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: | 151 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Monday 24 - Tuesday 25 October 1808, from Castle Square, Southampton. |
| Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 151, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10382, accessed: 29 April 2024 | |
| Austen's nephews, Edward and George Knight, were staying in Southampton with Jane Austen after the death of their mother. |
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