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Record Number: 19267


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you very much for sending me the Missing Link, and remembering my wish to know more about "Marian" [Evans]. The book came in the middle of a storm of wind & rain on Saturday Evening, and I began to read it, and pretty nearly finished it before I went to bed. It is very interesting, - and is indeed the discovery of the "Missing Link".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 7 Nov 1859

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Manchester
specific address: 42 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:

Ellen Raynard

Title:

Missing Link, The; or Bible Women In The Homes Of The London Poor

Genre:

Other religious, Social Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
given by Charles Bosanquet


Source Information:

Record ID:

19267

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:

587

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 587, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19267, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Mrs Gaskell to Charles Bosanquet.

   
   
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