Record Number: 19100

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have not read that poem of R. Brownings. I saw the review in the Examiner, (no end of thanks to you for the said,) but don't think I've fairly read it yet!'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 6 Apr 1850 and 30 Apr 1850

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Manchester

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Sep 1810

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer and clergyman's wife

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

W.C. DeVane

Title:

[review of Browning's 'Christmas Eve and Easter-Day']

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Examiner, 6th April 1850

Provenance

borrowed (other)
lent or given by Eliza Fox

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19100

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Editor:

J.A.V. Chapple

Title:

Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The

Place of Publication:

Manchester

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

108-9

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 108-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19100, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Eliza Fox.