Record Number: 11760

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My dear Anna, I have been very far from finding your Book an Evil I assure you; I read it immediately - & with great pleasure. I think you are going very well.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

30 Nov 1814

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Hans Place

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:

Jane Austen

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:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Anna Lefroy

Title:

unpublished story

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

never published

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11760

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:

284

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane Austen to Anna Lefroy (nee Austen), Wednesday 28 September, from Hans Place, London.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 284, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11760, accessed: 09 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None