Record Number: 10354
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He [Edward Austen] made an important purchase Yesterday; no less than a pair of Coach Horses; his friend Mr Evelyn found them out & recommended them, & if the judgement of a Yahoo can ever be depended on, I suppose it may now, for I beleive [sic] Mr Evelyn has all his life thought more of Horses than of anything else.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Steventon
county: Hampshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Dec 1775
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
daughter of clergyman
Novelist
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Gulliver's Travels
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:10354
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:Deirdre LeFaye
Title:Jane Austen's Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:47
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Wednesday 19 June, 1799, from 13, Queen Square, Bath.
Citation:
Jane Austen, Deirdre LeFaye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10354, accessed: 28 March 2024
Additional Comments:
Austen's familiar and apt allusion to a "Yahoo" presupposes that she had read "Gulliver's Travels".