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Record Number: 2742


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Your biography will always be a model work, & one of wh. the Interest is perpetual'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 19 Feb 1858

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Caroline Clive

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Author

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Gaskell

Title:

Life of Charlotte Bronte

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2742

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Caroline Clive

Title:

Letter to Elizabeth Gaskell, 19 Feb 1858

Location:

John Rylands Library

Call No:

Evy MS 730/21

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

Caroline Clive, Letter to Elizabeth Gaskell, 19 Feb 1858 John Rylands Library, p. Evy MS 730/21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2742, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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