Record Number: 27022
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle (February 1844): 'I should like Miss Martineau, if somebody would translate it. I have only read a chapter, which I cannot understand.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1844 and 1 Mar 1844
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Brighton
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:Female
Date of Birth:Aug 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
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:n/a
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27022
Source:Harriet Countess Granville
Editor:F. Leveson Gower
Title:Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1894
Vol:2
Page:377-378
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845, (London, 1894), 2, p. 377-378, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27022, accessed: 25 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Text read possibly Martineau's Letters on Mesmerism, about which Lady Granville asks her sister in a letter of 10 January 1844 (see p.373 in source).