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Record Number: 17397


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 4 December 1844: 'Ah! dearest love, Frederika Bremer! I did read half "The Neighbours," and really you are the only person of a high class of mind whom I have found liking her works.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1842 and 4 Dec 1844

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:

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:

n/a

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:

Frederika Bremer

Title:

The Neighbours: A Story of Every-Day Life

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Translated by Mary Howitt, 1842.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17397

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

9

Page:

261

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 261, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17397, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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