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Record 19431

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'They got dingy novels from the Caen Circg Library, & had no other books, I fancy. No wonder they "hate living abroad".'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Until: 23 Jul 1862
Country: France
Time: n/a
Place: city: Caen
   
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:'the Heald girls'
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: France
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [unknown]
Title: [unknown]
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: Borrowed (circulating library)
from Caen circulating library

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19431  
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: 927
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 927, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19431, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Catherine Winkworth - out of the date sequence of the rest of the volume as found at a late stage in the publication process.

 

 

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