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Record 4199

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
?Charlotte cordials me twice a day with Cecilia, which she reads charmingly, and which entertains me as much at the third reading as it did at the first.?
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 1805
Country: Ireland
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Listener:Maria Edgeworth
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1767
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Writer and governess
Religion: Christian (Church of England)
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Ireland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Fanny Burney
Title: Cecilia
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1782
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4199  
Source - Print  
  Author: Maria Edgeworth
  Editor: Augustus J C Hare
  Title: The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth
  Place of Publication: London, Edward Arnold
  Date of Publication: 1894 (2 vols)
  Vol: 1
  Page: 142
  Additional comments: Letter to Charlotte Sneyd (4/5/1805).

Citation: Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J C Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth (London, Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 142, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4199, accessed: 01 May 2024

Additional comments:

Maria Edgeworth had already read Cecilia twice before.

 

 

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