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Record Number: 16848


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Russell Mitford to William Harness, February 1842: 'My poor father has passed this winter in a miserable state of health and spirits. His eyesight fails him now so completely that he cannot even read ... the newspaper. Accordingly, I have not only every day gone through the daily paper, debates and all ... but after that, I have read to him from dark till bedtime'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1842 and 28 Feb 1842

Country:

England

Time

daytime

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:

Mary Russell Mitford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Dec 1787

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Dr George Mitford


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

daily newspapers

Genre:

Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1842

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16848

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

5

Page:

188 n.2

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 188 n.2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16848, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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