| Evidence: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, in letter of 5 June 1861 to 'My Dear _____', headed 'Bugiasta or Pagiastra, or something of the kind; but we can't quite make out where we are, only it is half-way between Spezzia and Sestri, and on the road to Genoa.':
'At this moment we are occupying a dirty room, in a dirty house, in a dirty street, in a dirty village, amongst the mountains [...] M __ __ places an Italian grammar on her lap for show, and reads an Italian play for amusement.'
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 5 Jun 1861 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: town lying between Spezzia and Sestri | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | M anon |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | Great Britain |
| Country of experience: | Italy |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | 'Italian play' |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13419 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin, By the Author of 'Amy Herbert' | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1862 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 294 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin, By the Author of 'Amy Herbert' (London, 1862), p. 294, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13419, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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