Record Number: 10363

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Eliza talks of having read in a Newspaper that all the 1st Lieut:s of the Frigates whose Captains were to be sent into Line-of-Battle ships, were to be promoted to the rank of Commander.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1801 and 22 Jan 1801

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Eliza de Feuillide

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

wife

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

aka Mrs Henry Austen

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[newspaper reports]

Genre:

newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10363

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Austen

Editor:

Deirdre LeFaye

Title:

Jane Austen's Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

75

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Wednesday 21-Thursday 22 January, 1801, from Steventon Rectory, Hants.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre LeFaye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 75, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10363, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None