Record Number: 10382

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'While I write now, George is most industriously making and naming paper ships, at which he afterwards shoots with horse-chestnuts, brought from Steventon on purpose; and Edward equally intent over the "Lake of Killarney", twisting himself about in one of our great chairs'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

24 Oct 1808

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Southampton
county: Hampshire
specific address: Castle Square

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:

Edward Knight

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
son of landowner

Occupation:

child

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:

Anna Maria Porter

Title:

Lake of Killarney

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1804

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10382

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Austen

Editor:

Deirdre Le Faye

Title:

Jane Austen's Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

151

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Monday 24 - Tuesday 25 October 1808, from Castle Square, Southampton.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 151, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10382, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Austen's nephews, Edward and George Knight, were staying in Southampton with Jane Austen after the death of their mother.