Record Number: 19300
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I suspect that Meta has taken up either the 5th vol. of Modern Painters, or Tyndall on Glaciers, both of which books she is reading now, and Florence is probably reading the 'Amber-Witch'.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:16 Apr 1861
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
specific address: 46 Plymouth Grove
(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:Female
Date of Birth:1842
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:clergyman's daughter
Religion:Unitarian
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:Amber Witch, The
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19300
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:645
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 645, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19300, accessed: 23 April 2025
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Charles Eliot Norton