| Evidence: | 'Finished reading Mansfield Park, which more than ever convinces me that Jane Austen is trivial, facetious and commonplace.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 3 Mar 1944 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | James Lees-Milne |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 6 Aug 1908 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Secretary, Country Houses Committee, National Trust |
| Religion: | At the time of reading a Roman Catholic |
| 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: | Mansfield Park |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19735 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Lees-Milne James | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Prophesying Peace | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1977 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 31 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lees-Milne James, Prophesying Peace (London, 1977), p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19735, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Details of the reader come from a a secondary source: http://www.jamesleesmilne.com/life.html |
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