Evidence: | "Now it was translating Tacitus, in order to try what was the utmost compression of style that I could attain.".."I went into such an enthusiasm over the original, and especially over the celebrated concluding passage, that I thought I would translate it, and correct it by Dr Aitkins, which I could procure from our public library". |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 12 Jun 1820 and 31 Dec 1820 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Norwich county: Norfolk specific address: her parents house |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Tacitus |
Title: | Agricola |
Genre: | Classics, Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 10014 | |
Source - | ||
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=10014, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Separate report exists on Dr Aitkins translation. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)