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Record 19256

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Eric, - oh my dear Harrie I have always been meaning to read it,& never have. You see I was out of the house at Heidelberg when Marianne & Julia read it'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Jan 1858 and 14 Jul 1859
Country: Germany
Time: n/a
Place: city: Heidelberg
   
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:

Reading Group:Marianne and Julia Gaskell
Age Unknown
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: clergyman's daughters
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Germany
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Frederick William Farrer
Title: Eric
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19256  
Source - Print  
  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: 565
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 565, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19256, accessed: 23 April 2024

Additional comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Harriette -- Marianne would have been about 24 and Julia 12 at the time of reading.

 

 

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