| Evidence: | 'She [a Mrs Granville, nee Wheler] had been a great friend of the Miss Porters (Jane and Anna Maria) in girlhood; and it was perhaps owing to their example that she had taken up the business of writing novels (at 10£ each) for the Minerva Press. I saw some of her tales, which were harmless enough, a weak dilution of Miss Porters in style and plot'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1861 and 28 Feb 1864 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Knutsford | ||||||||||
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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: | writer 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: | Mrs Granville |
| Title: | [tales] |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19137 | |
| 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: | 265 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 265, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19137, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to James Crossley. Uncertain whether the books were published under maiden or married name, or what the lady's 1st name was. |
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