Record Number: 4684

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", and Blackwoods; and foreign literature. Pascal's "Life and Provincial Letters" inspired a spirit of emulation in her: she borrowed a Euclid and worked her own way through the first six books ...'

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

Between 21 Mar 1844 and 31 Dec 1849

Country:

England

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:

Dorothea Beale

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

21 Mar 1831

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Teacher and Academic

Religion:

n/a

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:

Title:

The Edinburgh Review

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4684

Source:

Print

Author:

Kate Flint

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Woman Reader 1837-1914

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

205

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 205, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4684, accessed: 07 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None