Evidence: | '[Jane Austen] talked freely of her works among her friends, listened to criticism with patient
docility, and read her tales aloud with great effect, "and they were never heard to so much
advantage as from her own mouth," says Sir Egerton Brydges, who knew her.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Jane Austen |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1775 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Family members |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Jane Austen |
Title: | fiction writings |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27972 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Julia Kavanagh | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1863 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 183 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Julia Kavanagh, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (London, 1863), 2, p. 183, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27972, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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