| Evidence: | 'I am now alone in the Library, Mistress of all I survey - at least I may say so & repeat the whole poem if I like it, without offence to anybody.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 16 Dec 1772 and 24 Sep 1813 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| 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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Cowper |
| Title: | Verses supposed to have been written by Alexander Selkirk |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11556 | |
| 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: | 228 | |
| 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. 228, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11556, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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