Record Number: 11763

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We have got "Rosanne" in our Society, and find it much as you describe it; very good and clever, but tedious. Mrs Hawkins' great excellence is on serious subjects. There are some very delightful conversations and reflections on religion: but on lighter topics I think she falls into many absurdities; and, as to love, her heroine has very comical feelings. There are a thousand improbabilities in the story. Do you remember the two Miss Ormesdens, introduced just at last? Very flat and unnatural. - Mlle Cossart is rather my passion.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1815 and 20 Mar 1815

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:

Anna Lefroy

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

15 Apr 1793

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman's wife

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:

nee Austen

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Laetitia Matilda Hawkins

Title:

Rosanne; or, a Father's Labour Lost

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1814

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11763

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:

289

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jane Austen to Anna Lefroy, [?] late February - early March 1815.

Citation:

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 289, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11763, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None