| Evidence: | 'Our Times of today - well of yesterday - well, tomorrow it will be of some day in dream land, for I am past power of counting -
Our Times of today has taken away my breath - Who, What, Wherefore, Why - oh! do be a woman, and give me all possible details - Never mind the House of Commons: it can keep - but my, our, curiosity CAN'T-' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 9 Mar 1859 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Manchester specific address: 42 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: | 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: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Times, The |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 19244 | |
| 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: | 540 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 540, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19244, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Additional editor, Arthur Pollard. Letter to William Fox. This curiosity seems to be about the marriage of her friend (his daughter?) Eliza Fox, presumably announced in The Times. |
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