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Record Number: 11232


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'There is a slight attempt at the kind of composition we mean, in a little trial in "Evenings at Home"; and we have seen children read it with great avidity.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1792 and 31 Dec 1797

Country:

n/a

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:

Reading Group:

[children known to Maria Edgeworth]

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Aikin

Title:

Evenings at Home

Genre:

Children's Lit, Conduct books, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11232

Source:

Print

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Practical Education

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1815 (3rd edn)

Vol:

2

Page:

371

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Practical Education, (London, 1815 (3rd edn)), 2, p. 371, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11232, accessed: 03 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Co-author Anna Letitia Barbauld (nee Aikin)

   
   
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