Record Number: 29613

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We are very much charmed with Lord G. Paget's account of the Crimean War, a subject I dislike so much that I am surprised to like it so much...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1881 and 23 Nov 1881

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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 Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife & mother

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Charles Darwin, husband of Emma Darwin.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Augustus Frederick, Lord Paget

Title:

The Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: J. Murray, 1881

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29613

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:

2

Page:

249

Additional Comments:

Letter: Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta, Nov. 23, 1881.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 249, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29613, accessed: 12 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None