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Record 16919

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I have just been reading The Wife which pleases me greatly. I do not know which story I like best - They both contain such true observations - thoughts that come home to one's heart, even till it aches, as shew the Authoress to have the greatest sensibility joined to her acknowledged talent' [Letter to Elizabeth Stanhope]
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Until: 23 May 1835
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Harrow
   
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 Shelley
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 30 Aug 1797
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: writer
Religion: n/a
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: Caroline Norton
Title: "The Wife" and "Woman's Reward"
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16919  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Betty T. Bennett
  Title: The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  Place of Publication: Baltimore / London
  Date of Publication: 1983
  Vol: II
  Page: 243
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 243, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16919, accessed: 26 April 2024

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