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Record 11766

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Your late Works, Madam, and in particular Mansfield Park reflect the highest honour on your Genius & your Principles; in every new work your mind seems to increase its energy and powers of discrimination. The Regent has read & admired all your publications'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 28 Jan 1813 and 16 Nov 1815
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:Prince Regent
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12 Aug 1762
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Prince
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: HRH George Augustus Frederick, later George IV of England

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Jane Austen
Title: Pride and Prejudice
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11766  
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: 296
  Additional comments: Letter from James Stanier Clarke to Jane Austen, Thursday 16 November 1815, from Carlton House, London.

Citation: Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 296, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11766, accessed: 29 March 2024

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