Record Number: 10385

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The American Lady improved as we went on - but still the same faults in part recurred. - We are now in Margiana, & like it very well indeed. - We are just going to set off for Northumberland to be shut up in Widdrington Tower, where there must be two or three sets of Victims already immured under a very fine Villain.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

10 Jan 1809

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Southampton
county: Hampshire
specific address: Castle Square

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Austen Family

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)
family of clergyman

Occupation:

various

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mrs S. Sykes

Title:

Margiana, or Widdrington Tower

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

5 vols, 1808

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10385

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Austen

Editor:

Deirdre Le Faye

Title:

Jane Austen's Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

164

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Tuesday 10 - Wednesday 11 January 1809, from Castle Square, Southampton.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 164, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10385, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None