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Record Number: 4193


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?I have some idea of writing in the intervals of my severer studies for professional education, a comedy for my father?s birthday, but I shall do it up in my own room, and shall not produce it until it is finished. I found the first hint of it in the strangest place that anybody could invent, for it was in Dallas?s History of the Maroons, and you may read the book to find out, and ten to one you miss it. ? pray read the book, for it is extremely interesting and entertaining.?

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1805

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Maria Edgeworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1767

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Writer and governess

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Robert Dallas

Title:

History of the Maroons, from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierra Leone...

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Longmann & Rees, 1803 (2 vols)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4193

Source:

Print

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Editor:

Augustus J C Hare

Title:

The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

Place of Publication:

London, Edward Arnold

Date of Publication:

1894 (2 vols)

Vol:

1

Page:

140

Additional Comments:

Letter to Miss Ruxton (26/2/1805).

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J C Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth (London, Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 140, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4193, accessed: 30 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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