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Record Number: 8399


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'From Miss [Lucy] Harrison [...] [Charlotte Mew] had heard time and again a reading of Carlyle's "Everlasting No" from "Sartor Resartus".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1879 and 31 Dec 1886

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Lucy Harrison

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1844

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Headmistress, Gower Street School

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Charlotte Mew


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

Title:

Sartor Resartus

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8399

Source:

Print

Author:

Penelope Fitzgerald

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Charlotte Mew and Her Friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

50

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Penelope Fitzgerald, Charlotte Mew and Her Friends (London, 1984), p. 50, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8399, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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