Record Number: 20588
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Or perhaps she [Madame de Stael] may wish to have it appear as if she thought so [that English women were less uncouth than they used to be] since she wrote the history of Lady Edgermond's Society "elles sont d'une grace d'une simplicite charmante et belles comme le jour", but I am not certain that she would not place us all or at least with a very few exceptions on Lady Cooke's bench of idiots'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1807 and 12 Aug 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Great Russell St
(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:1773
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
nee Garbett
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Corinne, or Italy
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20588
Source:Anne Romilly
Editor:Samuel Henry Romilly
Title:Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:54
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818 (London, 1936), p. 54, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20588, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
year of birth a guess - she was married in Jan. 1794, aged about 24.