Record Number: 11547
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Miss Benn dined with us on the very day of the Books [copies of "Pride and Prejudice"] coming, & in the eveng we set fairly at it & read half the 1st vol. to her - prefacing that having intelligence from Henry that such a work wd soon appear we had desired him to send it whenever it came out - & I beleive [sic] it passed with her unsuspected. She was amused, poor soul! [italics] that [end italics] she cd not help you know, with two such people to lead the way; but she really does seem to admire Elizabeth. I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:27 Jan 1813
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Chawton
county: Hampshire
specific address: Chawton Cottage
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Dec 1775
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:novelist
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Miss Benn, Cassandra Leigh Austen
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pride and Prejudice
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst edition, published by T. Egerton, 1813; author's copy.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11547
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:Deirdre Le Faye
Title:Jane Austen's Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:201
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, Friday 29 January 1813, from Chawton
Citation:
Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 201, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11547, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
