Record Number: 29235

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am disappointed in the "Life". His dull sons have put in such a quantity of repetition that one is quite weary of the same religious sentiment repeated 50 times over in nearly the same words ... Wilberforce's letters, I think, are not very agreeable or clever, but very sweet (in a good sense).'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 21 Jul 1838

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Staffordshire
specific address: Maer Hall

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:

Emma Wedgwood

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Manufacturer's daughter

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

Later Emma Darwin

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Isaac & Samuel Wilberforce

Title:

Life of William Wiberforce

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In 5 Vols. London: John Murray, 1838

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29235

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henrietta Litchfield

Title:

Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

1

Page:

288

Additional Comments:

Letter of 21 July 1838 from Emma Wedgwood to her aunt Madame Sismondi.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 288, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29235, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None