Evidence: | 'I have just been beset by two of my little boys who are deep in your little books and who beg that I will give their very best love to you. One of them, 4 and a half, says, "tell Miss Edgeworth I do really think Rosamond was foolish not to choose the shoes, but her Mama made her go without them very long, I would not have made her go barefoot more than a week". You have you see produced a very young critic. He is just beginning to feel great pleasure in reading, and he never does it without making his remarks as he goes'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 7 Nov 1814 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | two sons of Anne Romilly |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
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: | Maria Edgeworth |
Title: | [children's books] |
Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned gifts from M Edgeworth |
Record ID: | 20612 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Anne Romilly | |
Editor: | Samuel Henry Romilly | |
Title: | Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1936 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 95 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818 (London, 1936), p. 95, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20612, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
John, Charles, Edward or Henry Romilly |
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