| Evidence: | 'Delighted with some of her husband's letters, [Mrs Barlow] has exultingly shewn them to me; and, though I took care not to let her see it, I was almost disgusted with the tender passages which afforded her so much satisfaction, because they were turned so prettily that they looked more like the cold ingenuity of the head than the warm overflowings of the heart.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1792 and 30 Jun 1792 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Apr 1759 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | governess then writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| 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: | Mr Barlow |
| Title: | [letters to his wife] |
| Genre: | letters |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ shown by Mrs Barlow |
| Record ID: | 7040 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Mary Wollstonecraft | |
| Editor: | Ralph M. Wardle | |
| Title: | Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 211-12 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft (New York, 1979), p. 211-12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7040, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Everina Wollstonecraft, June 1792 |
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