the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Miss Thackeray : 'sketch [on Mme de Sevigne]'

18 November 1881: 'This morning I laid in a stock of Tauchnitzes, and am beginning a pleasant sketch of Miss Thackeray's on Mme. de Sevigne.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Charlotte Schreiber      Print: Book

Miss Thackeray : 'sketch [of Maria Edgeworth]'

20 December 1884: 'I have been going on with the reading of Carlyle's life [...] Today I have been amusing myself with Miss Thackeray's sketches of Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Barbauld and Mrs Opie. I read a good deal of one kind and another, but forget it all as soon as read.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Charlotte Schreiber      Print: Unknown

Miss Thackeray : 'sketch [of Anna Laetitia Barbauld]'

20 December 1884: 'I have been going on with the reading of Carlyle's life [...] Today I have been amusing myself with Miss Thackeray's sketches of Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Barbauld and Mrs Opie. I read a good deal of one kind and another, but forget it all as soon as read.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Charlotte Schreiber      Print: Unknown

Miss Thackeray : 'sketch [of Amelia Opie]'

20 December 1884: 'I have been going on with the reading of Carlyle's life [...] Today I have been amusing myself with Miss Thackeray's sketches of Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Barbauld and Mrs Opie. I read a good deal of one kind and another, but forget it all as soon as read.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Charlotte Schreiber      Print: Unknown

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