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Record Number: 19304


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In this way he [Mr Bosanquet] has seen some of your letters, & read the Atlantic &c, & especially begged me for a letter of introduction to you'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 16 Apr 1861

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Manchester
specific address: 46 Plymouth Grove

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:

Charles Bosanquet

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman's son

Religion:

n/a

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:

[n/a]

Title:

Atlantic Monthly

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read at the Gaskells' house


Source Information:

Record ID:

19304

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Editor:

J.A.V. Chapple

Title:

Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The

Place of Publication:

Manchester

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

650

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 650, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19304, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Charles Eliot Norton.

   
   
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