Evidence: | 'We have heard a boy of nine years old, who had never been taught elocution by any reading-master, read simple, pathetic passages, and natural dialogues in "Evenings at Home" in a manner which would have made even Sterne's critic forget his stop-watch.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1792 and 31 Dec 1797 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | [ a boy known to Maria Edgeworth |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
probably family |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Aikin |
Title: | Evenings at Home |
Genre: | Children's Lit, Conduct books, Science |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 11229 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Maria Edgeworth | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Practical Education | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1815 (3rd edn) | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 439 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Maria Edgeworth, Practical Education (London, 1815 (3rd edn)), 1, p. 439, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11229, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Co-author Anna Letitia Barbauld (nee Aikin) |
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