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Record 9449

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Joanna Baillie to Mary Berry, 24 April 1828, acknowledging receipt, the previous day, of her copy of Berry's "The Comparative View of Social Life in France and England" (vol.1): 'I have had no opportunity of reading it, part of the introduction excepted, which I liked much. It reads well, being clear and sensible, and happily expressed'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 23 Apr 1828 and 24 Apr 1828
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
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:Joanna Baillie
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11 Sep 1762
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: Scotland
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 Berry
Title: Introduction to The Comparative View of Social Life in France and England
Genre: Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: April 1828
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 9449  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Lady Theresa Lewis
  Title: Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1865
  Vol: 3
  Page: 370
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 3, p. 370, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9449, accessed: 01 May 2024

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