| Evidence: | 'I think I have behaved most abominably in never taking any notice of your great kindness in sending me David Copperfield, and your note. Oh, dear! I have been so whirled about {against} since I saw you last that I hardly know what to write. I do so like D. Copperfield; and it was a charming liberty you took in sending it.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1849 and 5 May 1849 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Manchester specific address: 27 Woburn Square |
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Sep 1810 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | author and clergyman's wife |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Charles Dickens |
| Title: | David Copperfield |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | serial form from May 1849; book form late 1850 |
| Provenance: | owned given or lent by Eliza Fox |
| Record ID: | 19087 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell | |
| Editor: | J.A.V. Chapple | |
| Title: | Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The | |
| Place of Publication: | Manchester | |
| Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 77 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 77, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19087, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Eliza Fox. |
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