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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	'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
	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

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