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Record Number: 16699


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was reading your inimitable description of Dora Creswell the other day to a friend of mine who was confined to his bed by illness. He laughed and cried by turns, and averred there could not be a word changed for the better, except that of reaper applied to Dora.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 May 1833 and 17 May 1833

Country:

America

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:

Catharine M. Sedgwick

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

America

Country of Experience:

America

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

"a friend"


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Mary Russell Mitford

Title:

Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1832 edn

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

16699

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:

248

Additional Comments:

Letter from Catharine Sedgwick to Miss Mitford, New York, Mary 17, 1833.

Citation:

A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 248, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16699, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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