| Evidence: | 'I hope some woman will arise who, with power like, or equal to, C.B.'s [Charlotte Bronte's], will bring us up to high art again, and not help to sink us in the subjective slough as she is doing. - "Ruth" won't help us. All strewn with beauties as it is, it is sadly feeble and |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 11 Apr 1853 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ambleside county: Cumbria |
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| Reader: | Harriet Martineau |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 12 Jun 1802 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Unitarian |
| 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: | Elizabeth Gaskell |
| Title: | [possibly the story, 'Stopped Payment, at Cranford' in Household Words, April 1853] |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | possibly published in Household Words, April 1853 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9175 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
| Editor: | Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle | |
| Title: | Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood | |
| Place of Publication: | Stanford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 125 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood (Stanford, 1983), p. 125, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9175, accessed: 17 April 2024 | |
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