Record Number: 17219
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In 1840 Miss Yonge was a bright attractive girl, at least ten years younger than myself and very like her own Ethel in "The Daisy Chain". Great interest was expressed by her and her mother in Mrs Mozley (Cardinal Newman's sister), the author of a tale called the "Fairy Bower", which had appeared shortly before. It was the precursor of the many tales, illustrative of the Oxford teaching, that were written at this period, and which were hailed with special satisfaction by young people, who turned fom the texts, and prayers, and hymns, which Mrs Sherwood had introduced into her stories, and yet needed something higher in tone than Miss Edgeworth's morality'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1840
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:
Reading Group:Charlotte Yonge and her mother
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Fairy Bower, The
Genre:Other religious, Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17219
Source:Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Editor:Eleanor L. Sewell
Title:The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1907
Vol:n/a
Page:62
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell (London, 1907), p. 62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17219, accessed: 29 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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