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Record 16698

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'It has made me extravagant, for I have ordered the four other volumes. the work is perfectly unique. I know nothing like it in any language, and it is among the few to which one can turn again and again with even new pleasure. The "Farewell" is one of the sweetest bits of writing that I know.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 13 Nov 1832
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Fanny Trollope
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10 Mar 1780
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Author
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mary Russell Mitford
Title: Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1832 edn
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16698  
Source - Print  
  Author: A.G. L'Estrange
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1882
  Vol: 1
  Page: 238-9
  Additional comments: Letter from Fanny Trollope to Miss Mitford, Julian Hill, November 13, 1832

Citation: A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 238-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16698, accessed: 24 April 2024

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