Record Number: 19347

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you extremely for your kind present of Doyle's clever "Bird's-eye Views of Society", which have already been highly approved of in this their new form by my daughters, who have been spending their time over it ever since its arrival'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 1 Jan 1864

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Manchester
specific address: 46 Plymouth Grove

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:

Reading Group:

Marianne, 'Meta' and Julia Gaskell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman's daughters

Religion:

Unitarian

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:

Richard Doyle

Title:

Bird's-eye Views of Society

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

published 1863; previously appeared in the Cornhill, from 1861

Provenance

owned
sent by George Smith

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19347

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:

723

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 723, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19347, accessed: 28 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor, Arthur Pollard. Letter from Mrs Gaskell to George Smith.