Record Number: 13422
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When we arrived at Turin, we had no hope of being present at a sitting of Parliament, but our Sicilian friend [a friend of Cavour and acquaintance of Garibaldi, previously encountered by Sewell in a railway carriage], who had promised to call upon us, came [...] to bring us tickets of admission for Monday [...] He was as voluble and excited as before, and produced a novel which he had lately written, and which he begged us to accept. A most remarkable production it was, as I found when I read it! ___ the Pope, Antonelli, and Lamorciere, being brought in by name, and made to take part in a plot of atrocious and not very readable wickedness.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 May 1861 and 31 Dec 1861
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Turin
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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[novel]
Genre:Fiction, Politics
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13422
Source: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:313-314
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin, By the Author of 'Amy Herbert', (London, 1862), p. 313-314, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13422, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
See pp.303-04 in source for Sewell's account of her first meeting with the Sicilian novelist.
