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Record 27408

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Fanny Kemble to John Murray (1832): 'The article in the Quarterly on my "Francis the First," more than satisfied me, for it made me out a great deal cleverer than ever I thought I was, or ever, I am afraid, I shall be.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Mar 1832 and 31 Dec 1832
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:Fanny Kemble
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer / Actress
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
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: Milman
Title: Review of Fanny Kemble, Francis the First
Genre: Drama, Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: In the Quarterly Review No. 93, published by John Murray
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27408  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Smiles
  Editor: n/a
  Title: A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1891
  Vol: 2
  Page: 399
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 399, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27408, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

Author of text identified by source author.

 

 

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