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Record 24048

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'She complains in her letters that she cannot get through them [French and Spanish books to review in 'The Times', the 'Pall Mall Gazaette' etc] quickly enough. "Three or four volumes of these books a week is about all I can do, and that seems to go no way".'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: From: 1 Nov 1881
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
specific address: 61 Russell Square
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Mary Ward
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11 Jun 1851
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: later writer
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: born in Australia of English parents
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: [French and Spanish books]
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: in French or Spanish
Provenance: owned
sent to her for review

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 24048  
Source - Print  
  Author: Janet Penrose Trevelyan
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1923
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 37
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 37, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24048, accessed: 25 April 2024

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