Evidence: | 'And now that I have finished all my foreign stock I may venture a few words as to your delightful little volumes which have been read with great avidity by all my elder children. I have not given "Harry and Lucy" to the younger ones. A boy of nearly nine is now reading it to me with the greatest satisfaction and interest and his elder brother of upwards of ten says, "really Mama that is a very useful as well as entertaining book. I have learnt a great many things from it that I did not know before".
As you ask for their opinions I must tell you tho' from what cause I know not that "Rosamond" has always been a most distinguished favorite. Perhaps they feel a sympathy with her faults and feel that they resemble her in many things'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 6 Sep 1814 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Great Russell St |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Romilly |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
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: | son of Anne Romilly |
Author: | Maria Edgeworth |
Title: | Harry and Lucy |
Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned gift from M Edgeworth |
Record ID: | 20602 | |
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: | 83 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818 (London, 1936), p. 83, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20602, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
John, Henry, Edward or Charles Romilly. |
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