Record Number: 12789
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's Journal, 15 August 1871, during visit to friends at Ashbourne Green, Derbyshire: 'I have been reading [italics]Episodes of an Obscure Life[end italics] [sic], and have made up my mind that I know as little of the life of the East End of London, or rather of the lives of the people, as I do of those of the angels. Write, or think, or work, as one may, there are thousands one could never reach, simply because one could not understand them.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Aug 1871 and 15 Aug 1871
Country:Great Britain
Timen/a
Place:county: Derbyshire
specific address: Ashbourne Green
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:19 Feb 1815
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:Great Britain
Country of Experience:Great Britain
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Episodes in an Obscure Life
Genre:Social Science, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Details1871
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12789
Source:Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Editor:Eleanor L. Sewell
Title:The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:n/a
Page:189-90
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell, (London, 1908), p. 189-90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12789, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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