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Record 3029

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Letter dated 1823, to Miss Pickford]. Madame Marcet is a very good guide as far as she goes, but surely respecting the system of pulleys she has not gone quite far enough. She has left us to ourselves rather too soon'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 1 Jan 1823
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:

Reader:Anne Lister
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3 Apr 1791
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]
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: Jane Marcet
Title: Conversations on Natural Philosophy
Genre: Philosophy, Technology
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3029  
Source - Print  
  Author: M Green
  Editor: n/a
  Title: A Spirited Yorkshirewoman
  Place of Publication: n/a
  Date of Publication: 1939
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 181
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: M Green, A Spirited Yorkshirewoman (1939), p. 181, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3029, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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