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Record 17216

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I read both the few chapters of the intended tract, and the beginning of "Amy Herbert" to my sisters, and they liked them'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1835 and 31 Dec 1858
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Newport
county: Isle of Wight
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive 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)
her sisters
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Title: Amy Herbert
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17216  
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: 59
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell (London, 1907), p. 59, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17216, accessed: 16 April 2024

Additional comments:

text published 1858

 

 

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