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Princess Victoria

 

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Harriet Martineau : Stories including "Ella of Garveloch"

'At a concert at the Hanover Square Rooms, some time before [Queen Victoria's accession] (I forget what year it was) the Duchess of Kent sent Sir John Conroy to me [Harriet Martineau] with a message of acknowledgement of the usefulness of my books to the Princess [Victoria]: and I afterwards heard more particulars of the eagerness with which the little lady read the stories on the first day of the month [...] Her "favourite" of my stories is "Ella of Garveloch."'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Victoria      Print: Serial / periodical

 

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