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Record 2739

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'If you happen to have heard Mr. Sullivan's conversation with me about "From Oxford to Rome' it may interest you to know that the authoress is a Miss Harris, daughter of a Dissenting Minister at Wallingford, & that she is still a Roman Catholic, in spite of her book.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Until: Jul 1847
Country: n/a
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:

Reader:Mary Russell Mitford
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 16 Dec 1787
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Author
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Elizabeth Harris
Title: From Oxford to Rome
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2739  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Mary Russell Mitford
  Title: Letter to Caroline Clive, n.d. July 1847
  Location: Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford
  Call no: MS Whitfield C65
  Page/folio: n/a

Citation: Mary Russell Mitford, Letter to Caroline Clive, n.d. July 1847 Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford, p. MS Whitfield C65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2739, accessed: 29 March 2024

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