Record Number: 11777
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been very much entertained by your story of Carolina & her aged Father, it made me laugh heartily, & I am particularly glad to find you so much alive upon any topic of such absurdity, as the usual description of a Heroine's father.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:15 Jul 1816
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Author: Title:unpublished story
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
lent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:11777
Source:Jane Austen
Editor:Deirdre Le Faye
Title:Jane Austen's Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:317
Additional Comments:
Letter from Jane Austen to Caroline Austen, Monday 15 July 1816.
Citation:
Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (ed.), Jane Austen's Letters, (Oxford, 1995), p. 317, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11777, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None