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Record 20612

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I have just been beset by two of my little boys who are deep in your little books and who beg that I will give their very best love to you. One of them, 4 and a half, says, "tell Miss Edgeworth I do really think Rosamond was foolish not to choose the shoes, but her Mama made her go without them very long, I would not have made her go barefoot more than a week". You have you see produced a very young critic. He is just beginning to feel great pleasure in reading, and he never does it without making his remarks as he goes'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Until: 7 Nov 1814
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:two sons of Anne 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: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Maria Edgeworth
Title: [children's books]
Genre: Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned
gifts from M Edgeworth

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 20612  
Source - Print  
  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: 95
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818 (London, 1936), p. 95, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20612, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

John, Charles, Edward or Henry Romilly

 

 

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