| Evidence: | "My beloved time of day was when the cloth was drawn, and I stole away from the dessert,".."and again at a subsequent time when I took to newspaper reading very heartily"..."our newspaper was the Globe," |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1816 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | Norwich Norfolk at home |
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| Reader: | Harriet Martineau |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | n/a |
| Date of Birth | 12 Jun 1802 |
| Socio-economic group: | n/a |
| Occupation: | schoolgirl |
| Religion: | Christian - Unitarian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Family are nearby, not clear if they are in the same room or not. |
| Additional comments: | At the family home |
| Author: | |
| Title: | The Globe (Newspaper) |
| Genre: | Newspaper - The Globe |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | 1816 |
| Provenance: | unknown owned by family |
| Record ID: | 9329 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography | |
| Place of Publication: | London.15 Waterloo Place. Smith,Elder & Co | |
| Date of Publication: | 1877 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 70 | |
| Additional comments: | "the great calamity of my deafness was now opening upon me". This was why she was allowed to go off and read. |
| Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London.15 Waterloo Place. Smith,Elder & Co, 1877), 1, p. 70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9329, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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