Record Number: 19191

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I thank you too for C.E. and A. Bell's poems (my copy has never turned up)'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 28 Sep 1857

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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Currer Bell [pseud.]

Title:

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
given by Charles Eliot Norton

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19191

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:

475

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 475, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19191, accessed: 04 October 2023

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Additional authors 'Ellis' and 'Acton Bell' - real authors, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Charles Eliot Norton.