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Record Number: 17680


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have, for Sunday reading, great delight in old South'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 20 Jan 1812

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Chelsea College

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:

Sarah Harriet Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Aug 1772

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:

Robert South

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Sermon

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
presumably her father's set of 11 volumes


Source Information:

Record ID:

17680

Source:

Print

Author:

Sarah Harriet Burney

Editor:

Lorna J. Clark

Title:

Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The

Place of Publication:

Athens GA / London

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

150

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 150, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17680, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to Charlotte Barrett, 20th Jan 1812.

   
   
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