Evidence: | In a joking letter to her niece, Anna Austen, Jane Austen writes, 'Miss Jane Austen begs her best thanks may be conveyed to Mrs Hunter of Norwich [...] Miss Jane Austen's tears have flowed over each sweet sketch in such a way as would do Mrs Hunter's heart good to see; if Mrs Hunter could understand all Miss Jane Austen's interest in the subject she would certainly have the kindness to publish at least 4 vols more about the Flint family...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1806 and 31 Oct 1812 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Rachel Hunter |
Title: | Lady Maclairn, the Victim of Villainy |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1806 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 10395 | |
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: | 195 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Jane Austen to Anna Austen, Thursday 29- Saturday 31 October, 1812. |
Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 195, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10395, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Le Faye notes: 'The book about which JA and Anna were joking was "Lady Maclairn, the Victim of Villainy" (1806), by Mrs Rachel Hunter of Norwich (1754-1813)'. She also quotes Fanny-Caroline Lefroy: 'The [...] note refers to a voluminous and most tiresome & prosy novel the Aunt and niece had been reading & laughing over, together. It was in eight volumes and the tears of the heroine were for ever flowing.' |
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