| Evidence: | 'I am very much obliged to you indeed for so kindly and so speedily sending me the books I asked for, and which gave great delight to my daughter, when they arrived yesterday morning. I beg to enclose a Post Office Order for the amount.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 28 Aug 1860 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Manchester specific address: 42 Plymouth Grove |
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| Reader: | Margaret Emily ('Meta') Gaskell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1837 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman's daughter |
| Religion: | Unitarian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Ruskin |
| Title: | Modern Painters |
| Genre: | Arts / architecture |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned a present from her mother |
| Record ID: | 19429 | |
| 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: | 915 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 915, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19429, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to W.S. Williams- out of the date sequence of the rest of the volume as found at a late stage in the publication process. Mrs Gaskell had requested the volumes (5) on the 25th. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)