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Record Number: 13418


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell, in letter to 'My Dear _____', from Florence, May 1861: 'A pamphlet [on the Chiesa Evangelica] which has been lent me, giving an account of its formation, plainly owns that it does not pretend to be a regular church.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 May 1861 and 31 May 1861

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence

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:

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:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

Pamphlet on the Chiesa Evangelica

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

13418

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin, By the Author of 'Amy Herbert'

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1862

Vol:

n/a

Page:

277

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin, By the Author of 'Amy Herbert', (London, 1862), p. 277, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13418, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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