| Evidence: | 'I had the Sunday School girls here last Sunday, and Susanna came to help me, and I thought we went off gloriously, only - (everything has its only)
- in repeating our subjects of conversation, I named an accidental five minutes conversation with one or two of the girls about Sir Walter Scott's novels (apropos of a picture of Queen Elizabeth, via 'Kenilworth', &c.) and Mrs J.J. Tayler is shocked at such a subject of conversation on a Sunday,- so there I am in a scrape'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 22 Nov 1848 and 29 Nov 1848 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Sep 1810 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | author and clergyman's wife |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Walter Scott |
| Title: | Kenilworth |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19010 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Elizabeth Gaskell | |
| Editor: | J.A.V. Chapple | |
| Title: | Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The | |
| Place of Publication: | Manchester | |
| Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 63-4 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 63-4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19010, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Catherine Winkworth. |
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