Record Number: 11758
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. - it is not fair. - He has Fame & Profit enough as a Poet, and should not be taking the bread out of other people's mouths. - I do not like him, & do not mean to like Waverley if I can help it - but fear I must[...] I have made up my mind to like no Novels really, but Miss Edgeworth's, Yours & my own.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1796 and 28 Sep 1814
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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 1775
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Poetry]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11758
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:Deirdre Le Faye
Title:Jane Austen's Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:277-8
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jane Austen to Anna Austen, Wednesday 28 September, from Chawton, Hampshire.
Citation:
Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 277-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11758, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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