Record Number: 5724

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson notes John Horseman's annotation (including literary quotations and cross-references) of his copy of Maria Edgeworth, Letters for Literary Ladies (1799).

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

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Place:

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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:

John Horseman

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1776

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Title:

Letters for Literary Ladies

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2nd ed. rev. London: Johnson, 1799

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5724

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

283 n.20

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 283 n.20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5724, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None