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Record Number: 11292


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter from Lucy Aikin to her niece Sue, dated Nov.17, 18..?: Aikin has been reading Mackintosh, and comments on the suitability of philosophical reading for women.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1821 and 31 Dec 1850

Country:

England

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:

Lucy Aikin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1781

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Historical author and biographer

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Sir J. Mackintosh

Title:

[a text on ethical philosophy]

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11292

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Hemery Le Breton

Title:

Memoirs, miscellanies and letters of the late Lucy Aikin

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1864

Vol:

n/a

Page:

123

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Hemery Le Breton (ed.), Memoirs, miscellanies and letters of the late Lucy Aikin (London, 1864), p. 123, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11292, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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