| Evidence: | ?Here Hayley kept his books and manuscripts and the choicest pieces of his famous collection of Chinese porcelain. The walls were adorned with prints and drawings, and here also hung many paintings by Hayley?s friend George Romney. In this quiet room Mr Hayley and Mrs Opie would spend some hours together reading aloud, sometimes from a manuscript of Hayley?s or sometimes from one of Amelia?s tales.? |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Felpham other location: Hayley's library |
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| Reader: | Amelia Opie |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 12 Nov 1769 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer Father was a physician |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Presbyterian/ Quaker 1825 onwards |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
William Hayley |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Hayley |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Plays |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 4241 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacobine Menzies-Wilson Helen Lloyd | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Amelia: the tale of a plain friend | |
| Place of Publication: | London: Open University Press | |
| Date of Publication: | 1937 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 160 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacobine Menzies-Wilson Helen Lloyd, Amelia: the tale of a plain friend (London: Open University Press, 1937), p. 160, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4241, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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