Evidence: | Harriet Martineau on her passion, aged eighteen, for translation: 'Our cousin J. M. L., then studying for his profession in Norwich, used to read Italian with Rachel [her sister] and me [...] before breakfast. We made some considerable progress, through the usual course of prose authors and poets; and out of this grew a fit which Rachel and I at one time took, in concert with our companions and neighbours, the C.'s, to translate Petrarch [sonnets] [...] I believe we really succeeded pretty well'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1820 and 31 Dec 1821 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Norwich | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Reading Group: | Harriet and Rachel Martineau, and J. M. L. (cousin) |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | children |
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: | unknown |
Title: | [Italian prose texts] |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 9622 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1877 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 102 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London, 1877), 1, p. 102, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9622, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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