| Evidence: | 'You mention Miss Austen; her novels are more true to nature, and have (for my sympathies) passages of finer feeling than any others of this age.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 8 Apr 1830 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Southey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 12 Aug 1774 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | poet |
| 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: | Jane Austen |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8013 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Egerton Brydges | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Autobiography, Times, Opinions and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1834 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 269 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Robert Southey, 8 April 1830, quoted in Brydges' Autobiography. |
| Citation: | Egerton Brydges, The Autobiography, Times, Opinions and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges (London, 1834), 2, p. 269, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8013, accessed: 05 June 2023 | |
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