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Record 16706

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'With Willis's Melaine, etc., I have been delighted, and indeed affected, more than with any poetry I ever read in my life. I wonder if he is the gentleman I met at Mr. Wilson's...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Until: 14 Jun 1835
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:Barbara Hofland
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1770
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Author and translator
Religion: unknown
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: Willis
Title: Melaine
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16706  
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: 279-80
  Additional comments: Letter from Barbara Hofland to Miss Mitford, Kensington, June 14, 1835

Citation: A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 279-80, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16706, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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