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Record Number: 13067


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am reading again Madame du Deffand. God forbid I should be as much in love with anybody (yourself excepted) as the poor woman was with Horace Walpole!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1840 and 30 Sep 1840

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Taunton
county: Devon
specific address: Combe Florey

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sydney Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Jun 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

writer and clergyman

Religion:

Christian

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:

(ed.) Mary Berry

Title:

[letters of Mme. du Deffand to Horace Walpole]

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, letters

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13067

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Nowell C. Smith

Title:

The Letters of Sydney Smith

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1953

Vol:

II

Page:

711

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), II, p. 711, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13067, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

letter to Mary Berry. Read text more than once.

   
   
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