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Record 7980

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Mr Haden - [italics] quite [end italics] delighted with it. Admired the Character of Emma.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Feb 1817
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:[Mr] Haden
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: Apothecary
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Jane Austen
Title: Emma
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1816
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7980  
Source - Print  
  Author: Jane Austen
  Editor: R.W. Chapman
  Title: The Works of Jane Austen: Minor Works
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1954
  Vol: 6
  Page: 436-9
  Additional comments: Opinions of "Emma" were collected and transcribed by Jane Austen, and the readers identified by R.W. Chapman.

Citation: Jane Austen, R.W. Chapman (ed.), The Works of Jane Austen: Minor Works (Oxford, 1954), 6, p. 436-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7980, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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