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Record 16848

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Mary Russell Mitford to William Harness, February 1842: 'My poor father has passed this winter in a miserable state of health and spirits. His eyesight fails him now so completely that he cannot even read ... the newspaper. Accordingly, I have not only every day gone through the daily paper, debates and all ... but after that, I have read to him from dark till bedtime'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Feb 1842 and 28 Feb 1842
Country: England
Time: daytime
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:Mary Russell Mitford
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 16 Dec 1787
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Dr George Mitford
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: daily newspapers
Genre: Politics, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: 1842
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16848  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1987
  Vol: 5
  Page: 188 n.2
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 188 n.2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16848, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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