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Record Number: 19285


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'only think of having the Mill on the Floss the second day of publication, & of my very own. I think it is so kind of you, & am so greedy to read it I can scarcely be grateful enough to write this letter'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

5 Apr 1860

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Unitarian

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:

George Eliot [pseud]

Title:

Mill on the Floss, The

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
present from George Smith


Source Information:

Record ID:

19285

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:

611

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 611, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19285, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to George Smith. Maybe she has not read any of it yet but it is inconceivable that she did not on that day!

   
   
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