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Record Number: 19415


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[italics] Whose [end italics] history of the F. Revolution are you reading?'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 18 Feb 1852

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:

Marianne Gaskell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1834

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman's daughter

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:

[unknown]

Title:

[a history of the French Revolution]

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19415

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:

845

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 845, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19415, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Marianne Gaskell - outside main sequence in the volume as found late in the publication process.

   
   
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