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Record Number: 19256


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Eric, - oh my dear Harrie I have always been meaning to read it,& never have. You see I was out of the house at Heidelberg when Marianne & Julia read it'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1858 and 14 Jul 1859

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Heidelberg

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:

Reading Group:

Marianne and Julia Gaskell

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman's daughters

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Germany

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Frederick William Farrer

Title:

Eric

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19256

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

565

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 565, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19256, accessed: 19 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Harriette -- Marianne would have been about 24 and Julia 12 at the time of reading.

   
   
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