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√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1800-1849	'Sir James Langham & Mr Sanford, having been told that it was much inferior to P.& P. - began it expecting to dislike it, but were very soon extremely pleased with it - &...	[Mr] Sanford	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Alethea Bigg. - "I have read M.P. & heard it very much talked of, very much praised. I like it myself & think it very good indeed, but as I never say what I do not thin...	Alethea Bigg	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Charles - did not like it near so well as P. & P. - thought it wanted Incident.'	Charles Austen	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs Dickson. - "I have bought M.P. - but it is not equal to P. & P.'	[Mrs] Dickson	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs Lefroy - liked it, but thought it a mere Novel.'	[Mrs] Lefroy	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs Portal - admired it very much - objected cheifly [sic] to Edmund's not being brought more forward'.	[Mrs] Portal	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Lady Gordon wrote "In most novels you are amused for the time with a set of Ideal People whom you never think of afterwards or whom you in the least expect to meet in co...	Lady Gordon	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs Pole wrote, "There is a particular satisfaction in reading all Miss A-s works - they are so evidently written by a Gentlewoman - most Novellists [sic] fail & betray ...	[Mrs] Pole	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Adml Foote - surprised that I had the power of drawing the Portsmouth-Scenes so well.'	[Admiral] Foote	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs Creed - preferred S & S. and P & P. - to Mansfield Park.'	[Mrs] Creed	Jane Austen	Mansfield Park	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Captain Austen. - liked it extremely, observing that though there might be more Wit in P & P - & an higher Morality in M P - yet altogether, on account of it's [sic] pec...	Captain Frank Austen	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs F.A. - liked & admired it very much indeed, but must still prefer P & P.'	[Mrs Francis] Austen	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs J. Bridges - preferred it to all the others.'	[Mrs J.] Bridges	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Miss Sharp - better than M.P. - but not so well as P. & P. - pleased with the Heroine for her Originality, delighted with Mr K - & called Mrs Elton beyond praise. - diss...	[Miss] Sharp	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Cassandra - better than P. & P. - but not so well as M.P.'	Cassandra Elizabeth Austen	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Fanny K. - not so well as either P & P or M P. - could not bear Emma herself. Mr Knightley delightful. Should like J.F. - if she knew more of her.'	Fanny Knight	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mr & Mrs J. A. - did not like it so well as either of the 3 others. Language different from the others; not so easily read.'	James Austen	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mr & Mrs J. A. - did not like it so well as either of the 3 others. Language different from the others; not so easily read.'	[Mrs James] Austen	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Edward - preferred it to M.P. - only. - Mr. K liked by every body.'	James Edward Austen-Leigh	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Miss Bigg - not equal to either P & P. - or M.P. - objected to the sameness of the subject (Match-making) all through. - Too much of Mr Elton & H. Smith. Language super...	[Miss] Bigg	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book

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