Evidence: | 'when we went to bed she [Sewell's mother] would go upstairs with us and read to us whilst we were being undressed, because she did not like us to run the risk of being frightened by ghost stories told by the nursery-maids, as she had been once frightened herself. I can recall now the pleasure with which (taking my turn with my sisters) I used to jump up into her lap and listen whilst she read to us "Anson's Voyages", or "Lemrier's Tour to Morocco", or the "History of Montezuma". When she had finished, we all, kneeling around her, said our prayers and went to bed happy.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1815 and 31 Dec 1825 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | night | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Newport county: Isle of Wight location in dwelling: nursery |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Jane Sewell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Elizabeth Sewell and her sisters |
Additional comments: | mother of Elizabeth M. Sewell |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | History of Montezuma |
Genre: | History, Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17156 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
Editor: | Eleanor L. Sewell | |
Title: | The Autobiogrphy of Elizabeth M. Sewell | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1907 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 8-9 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiogrphy of Elizabeth M. Sewell (London, 1907), p. 8-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17156, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Probably not the real title - work could have been a translation of a conquistador account, eg by Hernan Cortes |
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