Record Number: 27408

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Fanny Kemble to John Murray (1832): 'The article in the Quarterly on my "Francis the First," more than satisfied me, for it made me out a great deal cleverer than ever I thought I was, or ever, I am afraid, I shall be.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1832 and 31 Dec 1832

Country:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Fanny Kemble

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / Actress

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Milman

Title:

Review of Fanny Kemble, Francis the First

Genre:

Drama, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Quarterly Review No. 93, published by John Murray

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27408

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

2

Page:

399

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 399, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27408, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Author of text identified by source author.