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Record Number: 17727


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Hulses have been reading Mrs Delany's Letters, & never were so interested, they say, nor even [underlined] affected [end underlining] in some parts of it, by any book in their lives'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 7 Dec 1820

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Reading Group:

General Sir Samuel Hulse and his wife

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Hulse was Governor of Chelsea Hospital

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:

Mary Delany

Title:

Letters from Mrs Delany... to Mrs frances Hamilton, from the year 1779, to the year 1788

Genre:

Letters

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17727

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:

227

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 227, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17727, accessed: 29 April 2024


Additional Comments:

letter to Frances d'Arblay, 7th December 1820

   
   
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