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Record 11768

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Accept my sincere thanks for the pleasure your Volumes have given me: in the perusal of them I felt a great inclination to write & say so.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 30 Oct 1811 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:James Stanier Clarke
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Librarian
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: librarian to the Prince Regent

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Jane Austen
Title: [novels]
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ
almost certainly read in the Prince Regent's library at Carlton House

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11768  
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=11768, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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