Evidence: | 'in the 'bus I sate next to somebody, whose face I thought I knew, & then I made out it was only that he was very like Mr Hensleigh Wedgwood; however he read 'Little-Dorrit' & I read it over his shoulder. Oh Polly! he was such a slow reader, you'll sympathise, Meta won't, my impatience at his never getting to the bottom of the page so we only got to the end of the page. We only read the first two chapters, so I never found out who 'Little Dorrit' is [Gaskell then summarises what happens in these chapters] By this time we got to Knutsford, & my friend got out, & now that I saw him no longer in profile but full-faced I recognized Mr Seymour, & was sorry I had not moved'. |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1855 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: on a horse drawn bus to Knutsford | ||||||||||
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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: | writer, clergyman's wife |
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: | Charles Dickens |
Title: | Little Dorrit |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 19152 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell | |
Editor: | J.A.V. Chapple | |
Title: | Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The | |
Place of Publication: | Manchester | |
Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 373 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 373, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19152, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to her daughters Marianne and Margaret Emily. |
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