Record Number: 13030

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Letter VIII, [italics]Letters on Daily Life[end italics]: 'In what spirit of self-denial, and with what noble motives acting can be undertaken as a profession, we have all learnt lately by the publication of Mrs. Fanny Kemble's autobiography [...] certainly after reading it I do not think any one can say that acting is incompatible with the highest womanly dignity, and most sincere religious purpose.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

19 Feb 1815

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Great Britain

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Fanny Kemble

Title:

Autobiography

Genre:

Drama, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13030

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Letters on Daily Life

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1885

Vol:

n/a

Page:

65

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Letters on Daily Life, (London, 1885), p. 65, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13030, accessed: 08 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

By 'autobiography' Sewell could mean either Kemble's [italics]Record of a Girlhood[end italics] (1878), or her [italics]Records of Later Life[end italics] (1882).