Record Number: 27022

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle (February 1844): 'I should like Miss Martineau, if somebody would translate it. I have only read a chapter, which I cannot understand.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1844 and 1 Mar 1844

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Brighton

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Harriet Countess Granville

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

Aug 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27022

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Countess Granville

Editor:

F. Leveson Gower

Title:

Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1894

Vol:

2

Page:

377-378

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 377-378, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27022, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Text read possibly Martineau's Letters on Mesmerism, about which Lady Granville asks her sister in a letter of 10 January 1844 (see p.373 in source).