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Record Number: 24117


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[letter to Mrs Ward from Edward Burne-Jones] The book has just come - and to my pride and delight with such a pretty autograph: so that to-day I am mightily set up. I cannot tell you how comforting the words read to me - and how sunny they have made this grey day'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

From: 22 Jan 1892

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 49 North End Rd, West Kensington

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:

Edward Burne Jones

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Aug 1833

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

artist

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:

Mary Augusta Ward

Title:

David Grieve

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
gift from Mrs Ward


Source Information:

Record ID:

24117

Source:

Print

Author:

Janet Penrose Trevelyan

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1923

Vol:

n/a

Page:

101

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24117, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

This was an autographed copy, so he may be referring to her dedication as cheering rather than the book itself.

   
   
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