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Record 17209

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'The only gleam of romance I had in connection with the place [a house in John St, Bedford Row, London] was derived from the fact that the large bare house reminded me of a description of one like it in an old novel by Miss Hawkins - "The Countess and Gertrude".'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Until: 30 Nov 1835
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:Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1815
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: later writer
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Laetitia Hawkins
Title: Countess and Gertrude, The; or, Modes of Discipline
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17209  
Source - Print  
  Author: Elizabeth Missing Sewell
  Editor: Eleanor L. Sewell
  Title: The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1907
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 52
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell (London, 1907), p. 52, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17209, accessed: 19 April 2024

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