Record Number: 11550
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am exceedingly pleased that you can say what you do, having gone thro' the whole work ["Pride and Prejudice"] - & Fanny's praise is very gratifying; - my hopes were tolerably strong of [italics] her [end italics], but nothing like a certainty. Her liking Darcy & Elizth is enough. She might hate all the others if she would. I have her opinion under her own hand this morning, but your Transcript of it which I read first, was not & is not the less acceptable. - To [italics] me [end italics] it is of course all praise - but the more exact truth which she sends [italics] you [end italics] is good enough.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 29 Jan 1813 and 9 Feb 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:23 Jan 1793
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:daughter of landowner
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:
Jane Austen's niece
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pride and Prejudice
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst edition, published by T. Egerton, 1813; copy given by author.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11550
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:Deirdre Le Faye
Title:Jane Austen's Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:205
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, Tuesday 9 February 1813, from Chawton
Citation:
Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 205, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11550, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
