Record Number: 30262
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Our ''stiff'' book is H. James' stories and our ''light'' one Leslie Stephen's ''Hours in a Library'' 3rd series. He is so pleasant after all that subtlety.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 19 Jul 1892
Country:England
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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:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
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:Unknown
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30262
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:296
Additional Comments:
Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta, 19 July 1892
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 296, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30262, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Emma Darwin may also have been the listener.