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Record Number: 9125


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'we read one of Carlyle's articles, at the T. Sedgwicks'.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 17 Jan 1840

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Newcastle Upon Tyne

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Harriet Matineau and Mary Appleton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

writer (Martineau)

Religion:

Unitarian (Martineau)

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:

Thomas Carlyle

Title:

[an article]

Genre:

History, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9125

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Editor:

Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle

Title:

Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood

Place of Publication:

Stanford

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood, (Stanford, 1983), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9125, accessed: 04 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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