Record Number: 19429
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am very much obliged to you indeed for so kindly and so speedily sending me the books I asked for, and which gave great delight to my daughter, when they arrived yesterday morning. I beg to enclose a Post Office Order for the amount.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:28 Aug 1860
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
specific address: 42 Plymouth Grove
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader:Margaret Emily ('Meta') Gaskell
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1837
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:clergyman's daughter
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Modern Painters
Genre:Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
a present from her mother
Source Information:
Record ID:19429
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:915
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 915, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19429, accessed: 09 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to W.S. Williams- out of the date sequence of the rest of the volume as found at a late stage in the publication process. Mrs Gaskell had requested the volumes (5) on the 25th.