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Record Number: 16697


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was not lucky enough to see Miss Sedgwick, but I will transcribe for you a passage from the journal of a lady, which has just been lent me...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

23 Apr 1832

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:

Fanny Trollope

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

10 Mar 1780

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author

Religion:

Church of England

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:

unknown

Title:

journal

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)


Source Information:

Record ID:

16697

Source:

Print

Author:

A.G. L'Estrange

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1882

Vol:

1

Page:

234

Additional Comments:

Letter from Fanny Trollope to Miss Mitford, Harrow, April 23, 1832

Citation:

A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 234, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16697, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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