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Record 11231

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'S----was reading in "Evenings at Home" the story of "A Friend in need is a Friend Indeed" ...[when he commented on the word choice in a certain sentence].'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 25 Feb 1797
Country: n/a
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 reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:S
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: an Edgeworth son
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Adult family member. Probably other children
Additional comments: an Edgeworth son

 

Text Being Read:

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

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11231  
Source - Print  
  Author: Maria Edgeworth
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Practical Education
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1815 (3rd edn)
  Vol: 2
  Page: 469
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Maria Edgeworth, Practical Education (London, 1815 (3rd edn)), 2, p. 469, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11231, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

Co-author Anna Letitia Barbauld (nee Aikin)

 

 

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