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Record 9469

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
The Rev. Sydney Smith to Mary Berry, [1840]: 'I am reading again Madame du Deffand.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1840
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Rev. Sydney Smith
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Clergyman
Religion: Church of England
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: Madame du Deffand
Title: Letters
Genre: Letters
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Ed. Mary Berry. 4 vols.
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 9469  
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: 469
  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. 469, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9469, accessed: 20 April 2024

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