| Evidence: | 'We have just finished reading aloud "Pere Goriot" - a hateful book... I have been reading lately and have nearly finished Comte's "Catechism". We have also read aloud "Tom Brown's School Days" with much disappointment. It is an unpleasant, unveracious book'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 Oct 1859 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Wimbledon, London | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | George Eliot (pseud) and G.H. Lewes |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writers |
| 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: | Thomas Hughes |
| Title: | Tom Brown's School Days |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 7589 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Eliot (pseud.) | |
| Editor: | Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston | |
| Title: | The Journals of George Eliot | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 81 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Eliot (pseud.), Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7589, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
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