Record Number: 16100
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In my sixth year [...] Nothing could contribute so much to my amusement as a novel. A novel at six years may appear ridiculous, but it was a real desire that I felt, -- not to instruct myself, I felt no such wish, but to divert myself and to afford more scope to my nightly meditations ... and it is worthy to remark that in a novel I carefully past over all passages which described CHILDREN -- 'The Fops love and pursuit of the heroines mother in "Temper" delighted me, but the description of the infancy of Emma was past over'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 6 Mar 1812 and 6 Mar 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:child
Religion:Evangelical
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: Title:Temper, or Domestic Scenes
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details3 vols, 1812
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16100
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:1
Page:350
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 350, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16100, accessed: 21 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Evidence from Elizabeth Barrett's 'Glimpses into My Own Life and Literary Character' (composed 1820-21).
