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Record Number: 12863


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have finished "A Winter in Town", and think that if it was written in two volumes instead of three it would be a very good Novel - Some of the characters such as the Duchess of Devonshire, Duchess of Girdon, and Sir Walter Farquhar are admirably delineated in it'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 Apr 1806

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:

Eugenia Wynne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1780

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Skinner Surr

Title:

A Winter in London, or Sketches of Fashion

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12863

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anne Fremantle

Title:

The Wynne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

III

Page:

253

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries, (London, 1940), III, p. 253, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12863, accessed: 11 May 2024


Additional Comments:

book was not actually 'A Winter inTown' but 'A Winter in London'

   
   
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