Evidence: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell on being read to as a child by her mother, Jane Sewell (nee Edwards; married 1802):
'I can recall now the pleasure with which (taking turns with my sisters) I used to jump up into her lap and listen whilst she read to us [italics]Anson's Voyages[end italics], or [italics]Lemprier's Tour to Morocco[end italics], or the [italics]History of Montezuma[end italics]. When she had finished, we all, kneeling round her, said our prayers and went to bed happy.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1815 and 31 Dec 1825 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Newport county: Isle of Wight specific address: High Street location in dwelling: Nursery |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Jane Sewell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | mother |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Reader's daughters, including Elizabeth Sewell. |
Additional comments: | nee Edwards |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | History of Montezuma |
Genre: | History, Biography, Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12556 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
Editor: | Eleanor L. Sewell | |
Title: | The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1908 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 9 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell (London, 1908), p. 9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12556, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Reader's husband a land agent. |
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