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Record 19347

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Thank you extremely for your kind present of Doyle's clever "Bird's-eye Views of Society", which have already been highly approved of in this their new form by my daughters, who have been spending their time over it ever since its arrival'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Until: 1 Jan 1864
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Manchester
specific address: 46 Plymouth Grove
   
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, 'Meta' and Julia Gaskell
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: clergyman's daughters
Religion: Unitarian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Richard Doyle
Title: Bird's-eye Views of Society
Genre: Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: published 1863; previously appeared in the Cornhill, from 1861
Provenance: owned
sent by George Smith

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19347  
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: 723
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 723, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19347, accessed: 29 April 2024

Additional comments:

Additional editor, Arthur Pollard. Letter from Mrs Gaskell to George Smith.

 

 

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