| Evidence: | 'She [Florence Nightingale] never reads any books now. she has not time for it, to begin with; and secondly she says life is so vivid that books seem poor. The latter volumes of Bunsen are the only books that she even looked into here'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 27 Oct 1854 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Matlock specific address: Lea Hurst |
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| Reader: | Florence Nightingale |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 12 May 1820 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | nurse and writer |
| 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: | Christian Charles Josias, Baron von Bunsen |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Other religious, History, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19145 | |
| 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: | 318 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 318, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19145, accessed: 02 December 2023 | |
| Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Emily Shaen |
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