Record Number: 11558
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am looking over Self-Control again, & my opinion is confirmed of its' [sic] being an excellently-meant, elegantly-written Work, without anything of Nature or Probability in it. I declare I do not know whether Laura's passage down the American River is not the most natural, possible, every-day thing she ever does.-'
Century:1800-1849
Date:11 Oct 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Kent
specific address: Godmersham Park
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Dec 1772
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Novelist
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Self Control
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
in library at Godmersham Park
Source Information:
Record ID:11558
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:Deirdre Le Faye
Title:Jane Austen's Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:234
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, Monday 11 - Tuesday 12 October, 1813 from Godmersham Park
Citation:
Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 234, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11558, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
This is a re-reading.