Jane Austen’s readers (essay)

Essay with images and links by Katie Halsey part of the OpenLearn unit 'History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past'.
Date Published: 16 August 2012
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Contributors: Katie Halsey
In Collection(s): Jane Austen
Cite: Jane Austen’s readers (essay) by Jane Austen at https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/literature-and-creative-writing/history-reading-introduction-reading-the-past/content-section-3 via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/jane-austen%E2%80%99s-readers-essay. Published on 16 August 2012. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
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