Record Number: 4273
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I believe simple moral tales the very best mode of instructing the young and the poor ? else why do the pious of all sects and beliefs spread tracts in stories over the world - ? My own books (which friends never read, and know nothing about), are, in my belief, moral rules.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:12 Nov 1769
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Father was a physician
Writer
Religion:Presbyterian/ Quaker 1825 onwards
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[moral tales]
Genre:Other religious, Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4273
Source:Margaret Eliot McGregor
Editor:n/a
Title:Amelia Alderson Opie: Worldling and Friend
Place of Publication:Wisconsin
Date of Publication:1933
Vol:n/a
Page:121
Additional Comments:
Author quoting from Gurney Ms., 380, a letter from Amelia Opie to Joseph John Gurney (23/2/1844).
Citation:
Margaret Eliot McGregor, Amelia Alderson Opie: Worldling and Friend, (Wisconsin, 1933), p. 121, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4273, accessed: 14 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None