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Record 11555

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Fanny & I are to go on with Modern Europe together, but hitherto have advanced only 25 Pages, something or other has always happened to delay or curtail the reading hour.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 16 Sep 1813 and 24 Sep 1813
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: county: Kent
specific address: Godmersham Park
   
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 1772
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Novelist
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Fanny Knight
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Bigland
Title: Letters on the Modern History and Political Aspect of Europe
Genre: History, Geography / Travel, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: first published 1804
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11555  
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: 227
  Additional comments: Letter from Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, Thursday 23 - Friday 24 September, from Godmersham Park

Citation: Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 227, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11555, accessed: 25 April 2024

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