Record Number: 4196

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?We saw today the residence of the Prince de Cond? - and of a long line of princes famous for virtue and talents ? the celebrated palace of Chantilly, made still more interesting to us by having just read the beautiful tale by Madame de Genlis ?Mademoiselle de Clermont?; it would delight my dear Aunt Mary, it is to be had in the first volume of the Petits Romans??

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1802

Country:

Ireland

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:

Maria Edgeworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1767

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Writer and governess

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Stephanie Felicite de Genlis (Comtesse)

Title:

Mademoiselle de Clermont

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published in Petits Romans

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4196

Source:

Print

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Editor:

Augustus J C Hare

Title:

The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

Place of Publication:

London, Edward Arnold

Date of Publication:

1894 (2 vols)

Vol:

1

Page:

94

Additional Comments:

Letter to Charlotte Sneyd (29/10/1802) from Brussels.

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J C Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth (London, Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 94, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4196, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None