| Evidence: | 'I was reading to-day and I have since finished Miss Martineau's "Deerbrook", a capital novel though it is too full of preaching. It is inferior in execution to Miss Austen's novels in the development of common characters, but is suprior in the higher parts.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 13 Sep 1839 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Henry Crabb Robinson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1775 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| 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: | Harriet Martineau |
| Title: | Deerbrook |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 8000 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Crabb Robinson | |
| Editor: | Edith J. Morley | |
| Title: | Henry Crabb Robinson on Books and their Writers | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1938 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 576 | |
| Additional comments: | Diary entry for 13 September 1839 |
| Citation: | Henry Crabb Robinson, Edith J. Morley (ed.), Henry Crabb Robinson on Books and their Writers (London, 1938), 2, p. 576, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8000, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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