| Evidence: | 'The other day for a treat Charlie got me La Petite Comtesse to read. I never was more delighted with any story. It is so beautifully and pathetically written, but so sad that it made me miserable. I shan't read any more books. For a whole day after I had finished my charming petite comtesse, I found I took not the faintest interest in any of my household duties, and wanted only to sit by the fire and read, read, read, all through my life.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 15 Dec 1860 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: All day | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Katey Dickens |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Oct 1839 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Feuillet Octave |
| Title: | La Petite Comtesse |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 53 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Lucinda Hawksley | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Katey: the Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 168 | |
| Additional comments: | Hawksley quotes this letter with no provenance. She dates it as being early December 1860, and the respondent as Harriet Collins. |
| Citation: | Lucinda Hawksley, Katey: the Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter (London, 2006), p. 168, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=53, accessed: 29 May 2023 | |
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