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Record Number: 30225


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My mother had a school-board pupil-teacher to read aloud to her during part of the winter; she wrote: ''I embarked with her in such a frivolous novel all about flirtations and lovers that I have changed it for Miss Yonge — all about scarlet-fever and drains.'''

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between Oct 1887 and Apr 1888

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:

Listener:

Emma Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Charlotte Mary Yonge

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

30225

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henrietta Litchfield

Title:

Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

V2

Page:

279

Additional Comments:

Editorial comment by Henrietta Darwin.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896 (New York, 1915), V2, p. 279, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=30225, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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