| Evidence: | [from SHR's intro] 'It was probably Day's "Sandford and Merton" which induced her [Maria Edgeworth] to apply her natural gifts to the writing of books of an educational nature for children'. [ME spent holidays at Day's home] |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | From: 1 Jan 1767 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Anningsly | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Maria Edgeworth |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1767 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | later author |
| 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: | Thomas Day |
| Title: | Sandford and Merton |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20587 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Anne Romilly | |
| Editor: | Samuel Henry Romilly | |
| Title: | Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1936 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 35 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818 (London, 1936), p. 35, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20587, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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