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Record Number: 9437


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mr Wishaw' to Mary Berry, 14 July 1819: 'On returning from the country I find your kind and acceptable present [Berry's Life of Lady Russell] [...] I have read over the whole with great interest and satisfaction'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1819 and 14 Jul 1819

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Mr Wishaw

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Mary Berry

Title:

Life of Lady Russell

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1 July 1819

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

9437

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

3

Page:

176

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 3, p. 176, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9437, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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