Evidence: | In Chapter XII [sic], "Letters on Daily Life":
'In my young days we used to read Miss Edgeworth's story of "To-morrow", in which the procrastinator gives the history of the misfortunes that his habit has involved him in, and breaks off abruptly, leaving it to his editor to say that the story was to be finished [italics]to-morrow[end italics]. I don't know that the tale actually prevented me from procrastinating when I was a child, but it imprinted firmly in my mind that procrastination was a dangerous fault, and the impression has remained with me and been very useful ever since.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 19 Feb 1815 and 19 Feb 1832 | ||||||||||
Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell |
Age | Child (0-17) |
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: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | ?Maria ?Edgeworth |
Title: | 'To-morrow' |
Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 13035 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Letters on Daily Life | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1885 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 109 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Letters on Daily Life (London, 1885), p. 109, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13035, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
Story possibly appeared in one of Edgeworth's books of 'Tales'. |
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