Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
  RED International Logo

RED Australia logo


RED Canada logo
RED Netherlands logo
RED New Zealand logo

Record Number: 17020


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 4 November 1842: 'I have been reading Mrs Trollope in the New Monthly. She is very clever there is no denying. But I do wonder whether the [italics]educated[end italics] quakers make use of [italics]Thee[end italics] in the nominative case -- whether they make use of such execrable grammar (for instance) as "Thee bee'st". I never heard a quaker talk, and yet I cd scarcely wonder or doubt at all about it, if I did not observe that Capt. Marryat & Mrs Trollope & other writers of at least supposed education, represent their quakers always talking so.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1842 and 4 Nov 1842

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Frances Trollope

Title:

The Barnabys in America

Genre:

Fiction, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Serialised in The New Monthly Magazine from April 1842 (concluded September 1843).

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17020

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

138

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 138, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17020, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
Green Turtle Web Design