Evidence: | Harriet Martineau on her concerns about the acceptability of some of her writings: 'While writing "Weal and Woe in Garveloch," the perspiration many a time streamed down my face, though I knew there was not a line in it which might not be read aloud in any family. The misery arose from my seeing how the simplest statements and reasonings might and probably would be perverted [...] when the number was finished, I read it aloud to my mother and aunt [...] they were as complacent and easy as they had been interested and attentive.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1832 and 31 Dec 1832 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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 mother and aunt |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Harriet Martineau |
Title: | "Weal and Woe in Garveloch" |
Genre: | Social Science |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 9645 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1877 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 200 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London, 1877), 1, p. 200, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9645, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
This anecdote included within section of autobiography headed '1832'. |
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