Evidence: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, on books lent to herself and her siblings, when children, during visits to her uncle Edwards (a barrister):
'My uncle was so particular about his books that he used to declare that when a child's finger had touched one it was spoilt. Acting upon this idea, he gave up certain books to us, when as children we stayed with him at Binstead, on condition of our never touching any others. My brothers had Glanvill's [italics]History of the Witches[end italics], and we four [Sewell girls] had a handsome edition of the [italics]Arabian Nights' Entertainments[end italics], which, being unexpurgated, was not the wisest choice that could have been made, though it gave me
hours of entrancing delight at the time, and taught me to understand allusions to tales which have become part of general literature.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1825 and 31 Dec 1825 | ||||||||||
Country: | Great Britain | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Binstead | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Sewell |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 19 Feb 1815 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | child |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | Great Britain |
Country of experience: | Great Britain |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | anon |
Title: | Arabian Nights' Entertainments |
Genre: | Fiction, Miscellany / Anthology |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (private library) |
Record ID: | 12569 | |
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: | 23 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell (London, 1908), p. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12569, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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