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Record 10013

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"Now it was meeting James at seven in the morning to read Lowth's Prelections in the Latin,"
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 12 Jun 1820 and 31 Dec 1820
Country: England
Time: morning: 7am
Place: city: Norwich
county: Norfolk
specific address: her parents house
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Harriet Martineau
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12 Jun 1802
Socio-economic group: n/a
Occupation: none
Religion: Unitarian Christian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
She was reading the text with her younger brother James.
Additional comments: she read this with her younger brother James

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Lowth
Title: Lowth's Prelections in Latin
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10013  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harriet Martineau
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Harriet Martineau's Autobiography
  Place of Publication: London,15 Waterloo Place. Smith, Elder, & Co.
  Date of Publication: 1877
  Vol: 1
  Page: 101
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London,15 Waterloo Place. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1877), 1, p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10013, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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