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Record Number: 9791


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lord Durham to Harriet Martineau, 1 January 1834: 'I have read your excellent paper with great pleasure'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1833 and 1 Jan 1834

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lord Durham

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

aristocrat

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Title:

article

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9791

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1877

Vol:

3

Page:

96

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman, (London, 1877), 3, p. 96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9791, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Date of letter possibly misprinted in source (one given preceding it dated 18 January 1834).

   
   
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