Record Number: 30238

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am reading Brimley's ''Essay on Tennyson'', and I really think it will set me on reading some of his poems.' [But, she added later] 'My reading of Tennyson is come to an untimely end, and I shall never really care for anything of his but some bits of ''In Memoriam''.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 10 Aug 1889

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:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Title:

In Memoriam

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30238

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:

286

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta. 10 August, 1889

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 286, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30238, accessed: 07 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None