Record Number: 19234
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am going to make a request to you, Sir, which is of a slightly impudent nature. It is, that you will be so good as to give me a copy of "Adam Bede", - and I advance three pretexts for asking this favour from you. Firstly my delight in the book; and in the "Stories from Clerical Life", ever since the first part of "Amos Barton" in Blackwood. It almost seems presumptuous in me to express all the admiration I feel; you might be tempted to quote Dr Johnson'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1858 and 5 Mar 1859
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
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:29 Sep 1810
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer and clergyman's wife
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: Title:Amos Barton
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailspart of 'scenes from Clerical life', originally serialised in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19234
Source:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Editor:J.A.V. Chapple
Title:Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:531
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 531, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19234, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor, Arthur Pollard. Letter to John Blackwood.
