| Evidence: | 'Your Anne is dreadful - . But nothing offends me so much as the absurdity of not being able to pronounce the word Shift. I could forgive her any follies in English, rather than the Mock Modesty of that french word...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1817 and 23 Jan 1817 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Chawton county: Hampshire specific address: Chawton Cottage |
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| Reader: | Jane Austen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Dec 1775 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Jane Austen; Cassandra Austen; Cassandra Leigh Austen |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Caroline Austen |
| Title: | unpublished manuscript story |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet |
| Publication details: | unpublished |
| Provenance: | borrowed (private library) lent by author |
| Record ID: | 20962 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Austen | |
| Editor: | Deirdre Le Faye | |
| Title: | Jane Austen's Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 325 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Jane Austen to Caroline Austen, dated 23 January 1817. |
| Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 325, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20962, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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