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Record Number: 1692


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On 19 April 1809 S[ara] H[utchinson] wrote to Mary Monkhouse from Allan Bank, "The nicest model of a churn I ever saw was in 'Barrow's account of the interior of Africa.'"'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1801 and 1809

Country:

England

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:

Sara Hutchinson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

none

Religion:

Church of England

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:

John Barrow

Title:

Travels into the Interior of South Africa

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols, 1801-04

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

1692

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

13-14

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 13-14, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1692, accessed: 05 October 2024


Additional Comments:

In entry 28 (ii) of Wu (1995); quotation from Kathleen Coburn, ed., The Letters of Sara Hutchinson (1954).

   
   
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