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Record Number: 11234


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter from Maria Edgeworth to A.L.Barbauld, dated 26/2/1806, tells about this younger brother, who has just left the 'College of Dublin' and 'he has just finished a poem called the "Transmigrations of Indur" - the plan taken from your tale in Evenings at Home.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1792 and 26 Feb 1806

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

C.S. Edgeworth

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Aikin

Title:

Evenings at Home

Genre:

Children's Lit, Conduct books, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11234

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anna Letitia Le Breton

Title:

Memoir of Mrs. Barbauld, including letters and notices of her family andfriends, by her great niece.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1874

Vol:

n/a

Page:

115

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anna Letitia Le Breton (ed.), Memoir of Mrs. Barbauld, including letters and notices of her family andfriends, by her great niece. (London, 1874), p. 115, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11234, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Co-author Anna Letitia Barbauld (nee Aikin)

   
   
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