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Record Number: 8528


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Felicia Hemans to William Blackwood, 13 June 1827: 'I beg to thank you for your obliging letter and valuable present of books, from the perusal of which I have derived great pleasure. The little work called "Solitary hours" interested me particularly: some of the pieces it contains had before struck me in your Magazine'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1826 and 13 Oct 1827

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:

Reader:

Felicia Hemans

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Sep 1793

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Caroline Bowles

Title:

Solitary Hours

Genre:

Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Blackwood, 1826

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

8528

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Susan J. Wolfson

Title:

Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials

Place of Publication:

Princeton

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

494

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Susan J. Wolfson (ed.), Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials (Princeton, 2000), p. 494, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8528, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Source editor notes that Solitary Hours contained both verse and prose pieces, but does not mention whether the prose pieces were fiction or non-fiction, or both.

   
   
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