| Evidence: | 'I am glad you have read Madame de Stael?s "Allemagne". The book is a foolish one in some respects; but it abounds with information, and shows great mental power. She was certainly the first woman of her age; Miss Edgeworth, I think, the second; and Miss Austen the third.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1800 and 1831 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Hannah Macaulay |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | None |
| Religion: | Christian |
| 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: | Germaine de Stael |
| Title: | De l'Allemagne |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1810 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 5520 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
| Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
| Title: | Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1971 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 222 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Macaulay to Hannah Macaulay, 1831 |
| Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1971), p. 222, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5520, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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