Record Number: 27023

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle 8 March 1844: '"Ellen Middleton" is no longer a secret and will be out in three weeks [...] Opinions given without her name being known have been more than gratifying, and Mrs. Sartoris read till four in the morning with intense interest that never flagged for a moment.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1844 and 8 Mar 1844

Country:

n/a

Time

morning
night

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mrs Sartoris

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:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lady Georgiana Leveson Gower

Title:

Ellen Middleton

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27023

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Countess Granville

Editor:

F. Leveson Gower

Title:

Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1894

Vol:

2

Page:

378

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845, (London, 1894), 2, p. 378, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27023, accessed: 10 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

Author of text was Lady Granville's daughter. Not sure whether author of text had by this time assumed married name of Fullerton.