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Record 17335

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 9-10 August 1844: 'Do you remember, by the glance you had, my lovely little cousin Lizzie Barrett [...] Well -- that child is only ten years old, & not remarkable in any way for precocity, .. simply an intelligent child, and fond of reading -- and she delights, quite delights in your books!'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1844 and 10 Jul 1844
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:Lizzie Barrett
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: child
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: unknown
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mary Russell Mitford
Title: unknown
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17335  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1991
  Vol: 9
  Page: 87
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 87, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17335, accessed: 17 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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