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Record 11668

Reading Experience:

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...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 2 Mar 1814
Country: England
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: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

 

Text Being Read:

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

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11668  
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: 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

Additional comments:

 

 

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