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Record Number: 29341


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I think I have never written to you since I read ''Glenarvon''. I agree with you in admiring it exceedingly in some respects [...] I almost think that as a picture of the feelings, ''Glenarvon'' is superior to any work I ever read.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 26 Feb 1817

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sarah Wedgwood

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1778

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Caroline, Lady Lamb

Title:

Glenarvon

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published by Henry Colburn: London, 1816 in 3 vols.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

29341

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:

108-9

Additional Comments:

Letter, 26 February 1817, from Sarah Wedgwood to Jessie Allen.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 108-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29341, accessed: 03 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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