Record Number: 19313
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'(I think what gave me the start [ on wanting to write a life of Mme de Sevigne] was the meeting with a supposed-to-be well-educated young lady who knew nothing about Madame de Sevigne, who had been like a well-known friend to me all my life.)'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 1 Feb 1862
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne
Title:[Letters]
Genre:Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19313
Source: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:675
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 675, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19313, accessed: 30 November 2023
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to W.S. Williams