Record Number: 116

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Austen and her family were] 'great novel readers and not ashamed of being so'.

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Jane Austen

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Dec 1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

unknown

Title:

[novels]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

116

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Austen

Editor:

R.W. Chapman

Title:

Jane Austen's Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

n/a

Page:

38

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jane Austen, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1969), p. 38, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=116, accessed: 11 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None