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Record 9611

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Harriet Martineau on period spent with relatives at Bristol: 'I read some analytical books, on logic and rhetoric [...] I read a good deal of History too'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Feb 1818 and 31 Dec 1819
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Bristol
   
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:Harriet Martineau
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12 Jun 1802
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: child
Religion: Unitarian
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: unknown
Title: [Books on logic]
Genre: Philosophy
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 9611  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harriet Martineau
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Harriet Martineau's Autobiography
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1877
  Vol: 1
  Page: 93-4
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London, 1877), 1, p. 93-4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9611, accessed: 28 March 2024

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