Record Number: 10380
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'This is a sad story about Mrs Powlett. I should not have suspected her of such a thing. - She staid the Sacrament I remember, the last time that you & I did. - A hint of it, with Intitials, was in yesterday's Courier; & Mr Moore guessed it to be Ld Sackville, beleiving [sic] there was no other Viscount S. in the peerage, & so it proved.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 20 Jun 1808 and 22 Jun 1808
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Kent
specific address: Godmersham Farm
(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:Clergy (includes all denominations)
daughter of clergyman
Novelist
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[newspaper]
Genre:newspaper
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10380
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:Deirdre Le Faye
Title:Jane Austen's Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:131
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Monday 20-Wednesday 22 June,1808, from Godmersham, Kent.
Citation:
Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 131, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10380, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The editor notes of this somewhat cryptic comment: 'The scandal cannot be found in the London "Courier", but see "Morning Post", 18 and 21 June 1808. "Another elopement has taken place in high life. A noble Viscount, Lord S., has gone off with a Mrs P., the wife of a relative of a Noble Marquis...'
