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Record Number: 19005


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mary Holland has just received 'Notes from Books' from her friend Henry Taylor and said she liked them as well as 'Friends in Council'.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 24 Apr 1848

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mary Holland

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Taylor

Title:

Notes From Books, in Four Essays

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
received from the author


Source Information:

Record ID:

19005

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Gaskell

Editor:

J.A.V. Chapple

Title:

Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The

Place of Publication:

Manchester

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

57

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 57, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19005, accessed: 04 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to (?) Anne Shaen.

   
   
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