Record Number: 12790

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From letter to Eleanor M. Sewell reproduced in [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics], written by 'M.H.', a former pupil of Elizabeth Sewell's, school, St Boniface (Ventnor), from North Adelaide, October 1906: 'I have just seen by the [italics]Gentlewoman[end italics], that my dear friend Miss Elizabeth Sewell has passed to her rest [goes on to reminisce about encounters with Sewell whilst living in London] [...]'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1906 and 30 Oct 1906

Country:

Australia

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Adelaide

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:

M. H.

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

Great Britain

Country of Experience:

Australia

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Gentlewoman

Genre:

Miscellany / Anthology, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1906

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12790

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Editor:

Eleanor L. Sewell

Title:

The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

n/a

Page:

216

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell (London, 1908), p. 216, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12790, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None