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Record 9780

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to Harriet Martineau, on Martineau's published correspondence with Atkinson: 'Having read your book, I cannot now think it will create any outcry. You are tender of others: -- you are serious, reverent and gentle.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Jan 1851 and 31 Dec 1851
Country: unknown
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:Charlotte Bronte
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 16 Apr 1816
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: unknown
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Harriet Martineau and H.G. Atkinson
Title: Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development
Genre: Other religious, Social Science, Philosophy, Science, Letters; psychology
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1851
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 9780  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harriet Martineau
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Harriet Martineau's Autobiography
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1877
  Vol: 2
  Page: 351
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London, 1877), 2, p. 351, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9780, accessed: 25 April 2024

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