Evidence: | 'I am [underlined] so [end underlining] glad you like what you have read of "Emma", and the dear old man's "Gentle selfishness". - Was there ever a happier expression? - I have read no story book with such glee, since the days of "Waverley" and "Mannering", and, by the same author as "Emma", my prime favourite of all modern Novels "Pride and Prejudice"'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1816 and 1 Mar 1816 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Richmond county: Surrey specific address: Under the Hill |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Charlotte Barrett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1786 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Jane Austen |
Title: | Emma |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17692 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Sarah Harriet Burney | |
Editor: | Lorna J. Clark | |
Title: | Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The | |
Place of Publication: | Athens GA / London | |
Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 201 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 201, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17692, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
letter from SHB to Charlotte Barrett, 1st March 1816 |
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