Record Number: 7048

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mrs Robinson... has read your novel, and was very much pleased with the main story; but did not like the conclusion. She thinks the death of Augustus the end of the story and that the husband should have been suffered to die a natural death.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 31 Jan 1797

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mrs Robinson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mary Hays

Title:

Memoirs of Emma Courtney

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7048

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Editor:

Ralph M. Wardle

Title:

Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

n/a

Page:

376

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft (New York, 1979), p. 376, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7048, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Mary Hays, Jan 1797.