Evidence: | Harriet Martineau, Journal, 16 January 1838: 'Wrote notes and letters, and then sat down to read Smedley. What a tale of privation and suffering! total deafness first, -- then gradual incapacity of every sort [...] He was a hack writer and small poet.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 16 Jan 1838 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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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: | |
Title: | [Work on/by Smedley] |
Genre: | Poetry, Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 9832 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1877 | |
Vol: | 3 | |
Page: | 217 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman (London, 1877), 3, p. 217, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9832, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Not clear whether Smedley author or subject of work read. |
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