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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	'My Mother - thought it more entertaining than M.P. - but not so interesting as P.& P. - No characters in it equal to Ly Catherine & Mr Collins.'	Cassandra Leigh Austen	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Miss Lloyd - thought it as [italics] clever [end italics] as either of the others, but did not receive so much pleasure from it as from P. & P - & MP.'	Martha Lloyd	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs & Miss Craven - liked it very much, but not so much as the others.'	[Mrs] Craven	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs & Miss Craven - liked it very much, but not so much as the others.'	[Miss] Craven	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Fanny Cage - liked it very much indeed & classed it between P & P & M.P.'	Fanny Cage	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mr Sherer - did not think it equal to either M P - (which he liked the best of all) or P & P. - Displeased with my pictures of Clergymen.'	[Mr] Sherer	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Miss Bigg - on reading it a second time, liked Miss Bates much better than at first, & expressed herself as liking all the people of Highbury in general, except Harriet ...	Miss Bigg	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'The family at Upton Gray - all very amused with it. - Miss Bates a great favourite with Mrs Beaufoy.'	[Mrs] Beaufoy	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mr and Mrs Leigh Perrot - saw many beauties in it, but could not think it equal to P & P. - Darcy & Elizabeth had spoilt them for anything else. - Mr. K. however, an ex...	[Mrs] Leigh-Perrot	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mr and Mrs Leigh Perrot - saw many beauties in it, but could not think it equal to P & P. - Darcy & Elizabeth had spoilt them for anything else. - Mr. K. however, an ex...	[Mr] Leigh-Perrot	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Countess Craven - admired it very much, but did not think it equal to P & P. - which she ranked as the very first of it's [sic] sort.'	[Countess] Craven	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs Guiton - thought it too natural to be interesting.'	[Mrs] Guiton	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mrs Digweed - did not like it so well as the others, in fact if she had not known the Author, could hardly have got through it.'	[Mrs] Digweed	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Miss Terry - admired it very much, particularly Mrs Elton.'	[Miss] Terry	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Henry Sanford - very much pleased with it - delighted with Miss Bates, but thought Mrs Elton the best-drawn Character in the Book. - Mansfield Park however, still his fa...	Henry Sanford	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mr Haden - [italics] quite [end italics] delighted with it. Admired the Character of Emma.'	[Mr] Haden	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Miss Isabella Herries - did not like it - objected to my exposing the sex in the character of the Heroine - convinced I had meant Mrs & Miss Bates for some acquaintance ...	Isabella Herries	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Miss Harriet Moore - admired it very much, but M.P. still her favourite of all.'	Harriet Moore	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Countess Morley - delighted with it.'	[Countess] Morley	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Mr Cockerelle - liked it so little, that Fanny would not send me his opinion.'	[Mr] Cockerelle	Jane Austen	Emma	Print: Book

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