Record Number: 30260

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We read ''Severn's Life'' which does very well. He is a rather foolish man, and talks of Keats' dying of the persecution of his enemies when it was consumption...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 22 Apr 1892

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:

William Sharp

Title:

The Life and Letters of J. Severn

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1892

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30260

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:

295

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta, 22 April, 1892

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 295, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30260, accessed: 24 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

Emma Darwin may also have been the listener.