Record Number: 29235
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am disappointed in the "Life". His dull sons have put in such a quantity of repetition that one is quite weary of the same religious sentiment repeated 50 times over in nearly the same words ... Wilberforce's letters, I think, are not very agreeable or clever, but very sweet (in a good sense).'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 21 Jul 1838
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Staffordshire
specific address: Maer Hall
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:2 May 1808
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Manufacturer's daughter
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
Text Being Read:
Author:Robert Isaac & Samuel Wilberforce
Title:Life of William Wiberforce
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn 5 Vols. London: John Murray, 1838
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29235
Source: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:288
Additional Comments:
Letter of 21 July 1838 from Emma Wedgwood to her aunt Madame Sismondi.
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 288, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29235, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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