Evidence: | 'We did not begin reading [the proof-sheets of "Mansfield Park"] till Bentley Green. Henry's approbation hitherto is even equal to my wishes; he says it is very different from the other two, ["Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility"] but does not seem to think it at all inferior...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 2 Mar 1814 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Henry Austen |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 8 Jun 1771 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | banker, clergyman |
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: | Jane Austen's brother |
Author: | Jane Austen |
Title: | Mansfield Park |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet, proof sheets |
Publication details: | proofs of the first edition, published by Thomas Egerton on 9 May 1814 |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) lent by author |
Record ID: | 11668 | |
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: | 255 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Weds 2 - Thurs 3 March, 1814, from Henrietta St, London. |
Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 255, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11668, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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