Record Number: 29620
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I suppose you read long ago the Hare ''Memorials of a Quiet Life''. I feel intense compassion for the shortness of poor Mrs Hare's married happiness...'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1873 and 31 Dec 1873
Country:England
Timen/a
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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:2 May 1808
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:wife and mother
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:Memorials of a Quiet Life
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1872
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29620
Source: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:212-13
Additional Comments:
Letter from Emma Darwin to her aunt Fanny Allen, probably 1873.
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 212-13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29620, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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