Record Number: 19149
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have looked for Mr Macarthey's character in Shirley, and I find it exactly corresponds with what you have told me of Mr Nicholls, & also with what she herself has said to me before now. Yet it shows something fine in him to have been able to appreciate her.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:From: 5 May 1855
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
specific address: 84 Plymouth Grove
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Sep 181o
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer, clergyman's wife
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:Shirley
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19149
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:343
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 343, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19149, accessed: 05 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to John Greenwood after Bronte's death.