Record Number: 29341
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I think I have never written to you since I read ''Glenarvon''. I agree with you in admiring it exceedingly in some respects [...] I almost think that as a picture of the feelings, ''Glenarvon'' is superior to any work I ever read.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 26 Feb 1817
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1778
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Glenarvon
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by Henry Colburn: London, 1816 in 3 vols.
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Source Information:
Record ID:29341
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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:108-9
Additional Comments:
Letter, 26 February 1817, from Sarah Wedgwood to Jessie Allen.
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 108-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29341, accessed: 19 April 2025
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