| Evidence: | From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's Journal, 28 January [?1865]:
'I am reading [italics]French Essays on Literature[end italics] [sic] -- so clever they are! Charles de Remusat describes the French of the eighteenth century as "Des gens qui ne lisaient qu'afin de pouvoir parler". Could anything be more apt?'
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1865 and 28 Jan 1866 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Great Britain | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 19 Feb 1815 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| 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: | Charles de Remusat |
| Title: | 'French Essays on Literature' |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12780 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
| Editor: | Eleanor L. Sewell | |
| Title: | The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1908 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 172 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell (London, 1908), p. 172, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12780, accessed: 11 May 2024 | |
| Text possibly Charles De Remusat, Critique et etude litteraires ou passe et present (1857) |
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