Record Number: 19286

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Sir J.P.K. Shuttleworth seeks your acquaintance & society [because] he has a novel, - partly read to Mrs Nicholls the last time she was at Gawthrop, - partly to me, - [italics] wholly [end italics] to many of his friends - a novel of Lancashire society, whh is at present in MS & which he wants you to publish I have no doubt.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 5 Apr 1860

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Gawthrop

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:

Sir J.P.K. Shuttleworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Mrs Nicholls, Mrs Gaskell, other friends - on different occasions

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sir J.P.K. Shuttleworth

Title:

Scarsworth

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

published by Smith and Elder, 1860

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19286

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:

611-12

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 611-12, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19286, accessed: 10 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to George Smith.