| Evidence: | 'I wish you had been present when I opened the parcel and read the title page, the exclamations, the elevated voices, the "O Mama pray let me look" and "O Mama may [italics] I [end italics] read it?"' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 30 Nov 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Anne Romilly |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1773 |
| 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) |
children |
| Additional comments: | nee Garbett |
| Author: | Maria Edgeworth |
| Title: | [title page of a children's book] |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned gifts from M Edgeworth |
| Record ID: | 20614 | |
| 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: | 96 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818 (London, 1936), p. 96, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20614, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Date of birth a guess - she was married in Jan. 1798, aged about 24. |
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