Evidence: | '[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels by women), including Lady Morgan's "The Novice of Saint Dominick", Agnes Maria Bennett's "The Beggar Girl and her Benefactors", Edgeworth's "Tales of Andrews", "Sir Charles Grandison" and "A Sentimental Journey"'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1809 and 31 Dec 1810 | ||||||||||
Country: | England (?) | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Harriet Grove |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 13 Jun |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | unknown |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England (?) |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Family group |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Regina Maria Roche |
Title: | The Children of the Abbey |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 5876 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 98 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. (Cambridge, 1999), p. 98, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5876, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
Kenneth Neill Cameron (ed), Shelley and his circle 1773-1822, vol II. |
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