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Record 5465

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Have you seen the little book, 'Cottage Dialogues', by Mrs Leadbetter. Edgeworth's notes are lively and [nationally] characteristic as ever: but I own I am tired a little of the receipts to make cheap dishes.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 1 Aug 1811
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Chelsea
location in dwelling: home
   
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:Sarah Harriet Burney
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 29 Aug 1772
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: governess
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mary Leadbetter and Maria Edgeworth
Title: Cottage Dialogues Amongst the Irish Peasantry
Genre: Fiction, History
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (private library)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5465  
Source - Print  
  Author: Sarah Harriet Burney
  Editor: Lorna J. Clark
  Title: The Letters of S.H.B.
  Place of Publication: Athens, London
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 133
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), The Letters of S.H.B. (Athens, London, 1997), p. 133, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5465, accessed: 18 April 2024

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