Evidence: | Harriet Martineau on a stay with her brother and his wife at Torquay in spring 1823: 'It was my office to read aloud for many hours of each day [...] Before breakfast, and while he [the brother] enjoyed his classical reading on the sofa, I rambled about the neighbourhood of Torquay, -- sometimes sketching, sometimes reading'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1823 and 30 May 1823 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Torquay county: Devonshire |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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) |
Reader's brother and sister-in-law |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | unknown |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 9633 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1877 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 125 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London, 1877), 1, p. 125, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9633, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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