Record Number: 29201

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have taken to no deeper study than Capt. Head's gallop which I have never read before. I am afraid it won't instruct me much.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1836 and 31 Oct 1836

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Staffordshire
specific address: Maer Hall

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:

Emma Wedgwood

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

Later Mrs Charles Darwin

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Head

Title:

Rapid Journeys across the Pampas

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

published 1828

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29201

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henrietta Litchfield

Title:

Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

1

Page:

272

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Wedgwood to Mrs Hensleigh Wedgwood.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 272, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29201, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None