Record Number: 29709

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have been reading Frank's notes on F., and I am quite delighted with them. The picture is so minute and exact that it is like a written photograph, and so full of tender observation on Frank's part.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 18 Jan 1883

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Cambridge
The Grove

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:

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:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Darwin

Title:

Preparatory notes to 'The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin'

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Preparatory notes for 'The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin', edited by Francis Darwin.

Publication Details

Published in 3 vols. London: 1887.

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29709

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:

261

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield, 18 Jan. 1883, Cambridge.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 261, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29709, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None