Record Number: 19142
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have sent your letter on to my husband by this post; but I must just say a very hearty thank you for the pleasure I know it will give him. It will come to him at the same time as my little confession of having thought his lectures worthy of your reading. I have been very much interested by your remarks which {are} will be of course still more interesting to one capable of entering into their full value'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 20 May 1854 and 22 May 1854
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Male
Date of Birth:30 Jan 1775
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lectures on the Lancashire Dialect
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Social Science, lectures
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsunknown if printed or MS
Provenanceowned
sent to him by Mrs Gaskell
Source Information:
Record ID:19142
Source: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:291
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 291, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19142, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Landor. She sent him the lectures on May 20th.
