| Evidence: | 'we, as a family, are going through a whole course of Indian literature - Kaye and Malcolm to wit; but I am afraid I read it for duty's sake, without taking as much interest as I ought to do, in all the out-of-the-way names & places, none of which give me any distinct idea'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 26 Nov 1857 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Manchester specific address: 84 Plymouth Grove |
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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: | John Malcolm |
| Title: | [possibly] Government of India, The |
| Genre: | History, Geography / Travel, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19194 | |
| 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: | 483 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 483, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19194, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
| Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to George Smith. Gaskell was interested in India at this time as her daughter 'Meta' was engaged to a soldier stationed there. Text could also have been Malcolm's 'Instructions to Young Officers' |
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