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Record 11745

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Do not be angry with me for beginning another Letter to you. I have read the Corsair, mended my petticoat, & have nothing else to do.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 5 Mar 1814
Country: England
Time: morning
Place: city: London
specific address: Henrietta St
   
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 1775
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: George Gordon, Lord Byron
Title: The Corsair
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1814
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11745  
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: 257
  Additional comments: Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Saturday 5 - Tuesday 8 March, 1814, from Henrietta St, London.

Citation: Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 257, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11745, accessed: 16 April 2024

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