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Record Number: 19131


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I do not know Mr Joseph Kay's address or I should have written to thank him for his valuable and most interesting pamphlet on the Condition and Education of English children as compared with Germans; I believe his address was signed at the end of the preface, but this book was borrowed from me as soon as I had read it, & has not yet been returned'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 7 Apr 1853

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Manchester
specific address: 84 Plymouth Grove

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 Cleghorn Gaskell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Sep 1810

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer and clergyman's wife

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:

Joseph Kay

Title:

Condition of Poor Children in English and German Towns

Genre:

Social Science

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
given by Mr Kay


Source Information:

Record ID:

19131

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Editor:

J.A.V. Chapple

Title:

Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The

Place of Publication:

Manchester

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

229-30

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 229-30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19131, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Lady Kay-Shuttleworth.

   
   
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