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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Mrs James Tilson - Liked it [Mansfield Park] better than P. & P.'[Mrs James] Tilson Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Fanny Cage - did not much like it - not to be compared to P. & P. - nothing interesting in the Characters - Language poor. - Characters natural & well supported - Improv...Fanny Cage Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr & Mrs Cooke - very much pleased with it - particularly with the Manner in which the Clergy are treated. - Mr Cooke called it "the most sensible Novel he had ever read...[Mrs] Cooke Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr & Mrs Cooke - very much pleased with it - particularly with the Manner in which the Clergy are treated. - Mr Cooke called it "the most sensible Novel he had ever read...[Mr] Cooke Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mary Cooke - quite as much pleased with it, as her Father & Mother; seemed to enter into Lady B.'s character, & enjoyed Mr Rushworth's folly. Admired Fanny in general, ...Mary Cooke Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Miss Burrel - admired it very much - particularly Mrs Norris & Dr Grant.'[Miss] Burrel Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Bramstone - much pleased with it; particularly with the character of Fanny, as being so very natural. Thought Lady Bertram like herself. Preferred it to either of ...[Mrs] Bramstone Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Augusta Bramstone - owned that she thought S & S. - and P. & P. downright nonsense, but expected to like M.P. better, & having finished the 1st vol. - flattered hers...Augusta Bramstone Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'The families at Deane - all pleased with it. Mrs Anna Harwood delighted with Mrs Norris & the green curtain.'Anna Harwood Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Kintbury Family - very much pleased with it; - preferred it to either of the others.'Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr Egerton the Publisher - praised it for it's [sic] Morality, & for being so equal a Composition. - No weak parts.'Thomas Egerton Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Lady Rob: Kerr wrote - "You may be assured I read every line with the greatest interest & am more delighted with it than my humble pen can express. The excellent deline...Lady Robert Kerr Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Miss Sharpe - "I think it is excellent - & of it's [sic] good sense & moral Tendency there can be no doubt. - Your Characters are drawn to the Life - so [italics] very v...[Miss] Sharpe Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Carrick. - "All who think deeply and feel much will give the Preference to Mansfield Park."'[Mrs] Carrick Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr J. Plumptre. - "I never read a novel which interested me so very much throughout, the characters are all so remarkably well kept up & so well drawn, & the plot is so ...J. Plumptre Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
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 - &...Sir James Langham Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
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 AustenMansfield ParkPrint: 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 AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Charles - did not like it near so well as P. & P. - thought it wanted Incident.'Charles Austen Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Dickson. - "I have bought M.P. - but it is not equal to P. & P.'[Mrs] Dickson Jane AustenMansfield ParkPrint: Book



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