Record Number: 9449

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Joanna Baillie to Mary Berry, 24 April 1828, acknowledging receipt, the previous day, of her copy of Berry's "The Comparative View of Social Life in France and England" (vol.1): 'I have had no opportunity of reading it, part of the introduction excepted, which I liked much. It reads well, being clear and sensible, and happily expressed'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 23 Apr 1828 and 24 Apr 1828

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joanna Baillie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

11 Sep 1762

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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 Berry

Title:

Introduction to The Comparative View of Social Life in France and England

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

April 1828

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9449

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

3

Page:

370

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 3, p. 370, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9449, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None