| Evidence: | After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", and "Blackwoods"; and foreign literature. Pascal's "Life and Provincial Letters" inspired a spirit of emulation in her: she borrowed a Euclid and worked her own way through the first six books ...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 21 Mar 1844 and 31 Dec 1849 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dorothea Beale |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 Mar 1831 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Teacher and Academic |
| 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 |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Blackwood's Magazine |
| Genre: | Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Politics, Miscellany / Anthology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4686 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Kate Flint | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Woman Reader 1837-1914 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 205 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914 (Oxford, 1993), p. 205, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4686, accessed: 27 April 2024 | |
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