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Record 11553

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Lady Robert is delighted with P & P - and really [italics] was [end italics] so as I understand before she knew who wrote it - for, of course, she knows now.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 27 Jan 1813 and 15 Sep 1813
Country: Scotland
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:Lady Robert Kerr
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: aristocrat
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Scotland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Jane Austen
Title: Pride and Prejudice
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: first edition, published by T. Egerton, 1813
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11553  
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: 218
  Additional comments: Letter from Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, Weds 15 - Thurs 16 September, 1813, from Henrietta St, London.

Citation: Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 218, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11553, accessed: 23 April 2024

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