Evidence: | 'In the month of July 1842, as I was passing the site of the Royal Exchange, then in course of re-erection after being burnt down, my attention was caught by one of the very numerous bills with which the boards, at that time surrounding it, were covered: it ran thus - "Susan Hopley; or the Life of a Maid Servant". This book, I thought to myself, must be a novelty...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jul 1842 and 31 Jul 1842 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Royal Exchange |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mary Ann Ashford |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 30 Oct 1787 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | wife of shoemaker |
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 |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [advertisement] |
Genre: | Fiction, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 17001 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Mary Ann Ashford | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Life of a Licensed Victualler's Daughter | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1844 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | iii | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Mary Ann Ashford, Life of a Licensed Victualler's Daughter (London, 1844), p. iii, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17001, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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