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Record Number: 5465


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Have you seen the little book, 'Cottage Dialogues', by Mrs Leadbetter. Edgeworth's notes are lively and [nationally] characteristic as ever: but I own I am tired a little of the receipts to make cheap dishes.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1 Aug 1811

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chelsea
location in dwelling: home

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:

Sarah Harriet Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Aug 1772

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

governess

Religion:

n/a

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:

Mary Leadbetter and Maria Edgeworth

Title:

Cottage Dialogues Amongst the Irish Peasantry

Genre:

Fiction, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)


Source Information:

Record ID:

5465

Source:

Print

Author:

Sarah Harriet Burney

Editor:

Lorna J. Clark

Title:

The Letters of S.H.B.

Place of Publication:

Athens, London

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

133

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), The Letters of S.H.B. (Athens, London, 1997), p. 133, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5465, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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