Record Number: 29386

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Letter, Summer 1867]

'I took the ''Lancashire Wedding or Darwin moralized'' to read in the carriage. The moral is that it is not wise to give up a pretty, poor, healthy girl you love and marry a sickly, rich, cross one you don't care for ... It is too dull to give to the [village] library...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 May 1867 and 30 Sep 1867

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

in train carriage

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 Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife & mother

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

anon

Title:

The Lancashire Wedding or Darwin Moralized

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Houlston & Wright: London, 1867

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29386

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:

2

Page:

187

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 187, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29386, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None