Record Number: 11494
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We quite run over with Books. She [JA's mother] has got Sir John Carr's Travels in Spain from Miss B. & I am reading a Society-Octavo, an Essay on the Military Police & Institutions of the British Empire, by Capt. Pasley of the Engineers, a book which I protested against at first, but which upon trial I find delightfully written & highly entertaining. I am as much in love with the Author as I ever was with Clarkson or Buchanan, or even the two Mr Smiths of the city. The first soldier I ever sighed for; but he does write with extraordinary force & spirit.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1808 and 24 Jan 1813
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:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade
Genre:History, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published 1808
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11494
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:Deirdre Le Faye
Title:Jane Austen's Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:198
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jane to Cassandra Austen, Sunday 24 January 1813, from Chawton.
Citation:
Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 198, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11494, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
