| Evidence: | 'My dearest Fanny, You are inimitable, irresistable. You are the delight of my Life. Such Letters, such entertaining Letters as you have lately sent! - Such a description of your queer little heart! - Such a lovely display of what Imagination does. [...] I cannot express to you what I have felt in reading your history of yourself, how full of Pity & Concern & Admiration & Amusement I have been...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 20 Feb 1817 and 21 Feb 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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Fanny Knight |
| Title: | Letters |
| Genre: | Letters |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | unpublished |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 20974 | |
| 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: | 328 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Jane Austen to Fanny Knight, dated 20-21 February 1817. |
| Citation: | Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 328, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20974, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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