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Record Number: 10013


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Now it was meeting James at seven in the morning to read Lowth's Prelections in the Latin,"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 12 Jun 1820 and 31 Dec 1820

Country:

England

Time

morning: 7am

Place:

city: Norwich
county: Norfolk
specific address: her parents house

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Harriet Martineau

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Jun 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

n/a

Occupation:

none

Religion:

Unitarian Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

She was reading the text with her younger brother James.


Additional Comments:

she read this with her younger brother James



Text Being Read:

Author:

Lowth

Title:

Lowth's Prelections in Latin

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

10013

Source:

Print

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:

101

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London,15 Waterloo Place. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1877), 1, p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10013, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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