Record Number: 15966

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to her mother, Mary Moulton-Barrett, c.1817 (originally in French): 'My very dear Mama / Excuse me, I do not at all like Manoeuvring, it is not to my taste. I recognize that it is still Miss Edgeworth, but it is no longer the author of Patronage in reality [...] I agree that Mr. Palmer is a charming character [...] except that one the novels you choose for me always give me pleasure.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1817 and 31 Dec 1817

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

child

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Title:

Manoeuvring

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In Edgeworth's Tales of a Fashionable Life (1809)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15966

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

1

Page:

32-33

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 32-33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15966, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None