Record Number: 29207

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Disputes run very high here upon the subject of ''Violet''. Some of the party are quite convinced it is written by a woman and have some suspicions it is Mrs Marsh ... I think it is much too clever for the author of the two last old men [''Old Men's Tales''].'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1837 and 23 May 1837

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 Emma Darwin

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Marian Dora Malet Beasley

Title:

Violet; or the Danseuse

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1836, Henry Colburn, London.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29207

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:

276

Additional Comments:

Letter, 23 May 1837, from Emma Wedgwood to her sister-in-law Mrs Hensleigh Wedgwood.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 276, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29207, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None