Record Number: 13035
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
In Chapter XII [sic], "Letters on Daily Life": 'In my young days we used to read Miss Edgeworth's story of "To-morrow", in which the procrastinator gives the history of the misfortunes that his habit has involved him in, and breaks off abruptly, leaving it to his editor to say that the story was to be finished [italics]to-morrow[end italics]. I don't know that the tale actually prevented me from procrastinating when I was a child, but it imprinted firmly in my mind that procrastination was a dangerous fault, and the impression has remained with me and been very useful ever since.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 19 Feb 1815 and 19 Feb 1832
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'To-morrow'
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13035
Source:Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Editor:n/a
Title:Letters on Daily Life
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1885
Vol:n/a
Page:109
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Letters on Daily Life, (London, 1885), p. 109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13035, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Story possibly appeared in one of Edgeworth's books of 'Tales'.
