Record Number: 32162

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'... I was too severe on Newman ... There are many striking, wise and good things in the first part of his book, so that the latter falls on you with the shock of a shower-bath, and disposes one to say hard things...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1849 and 20 Nov 1849

Country:

Unknown

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Jessie Sismondi

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1777

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

Wales

Country of Experience:

Unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis William Newman

Title:

The Soul

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1847

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32162

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:

22

Page:

125

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jessie Sismondi to her niece Elizabeth Wedgwood. 20 November 1849

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 22, p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32162, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None