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Record Number: 2343


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This book has helped me incalculably in surmounting coterie-notions of the nature of another life, as well as of the objects of this.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 4 Dec 1842

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:

Harriet Martineau

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Jun 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Edward Bulwer Lytton

Title:

Zanoni

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

2343

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Title:

Letter to Caroline Clive, 4 Dec 1842

Location:

Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford

Call No:

MS Whitfield C13

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Martineau, Letter to Caroline Clive, 4 Dec 1842 Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford, p. MS Whitfield C13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2343, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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