Record Number: 3029

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Letter dated 1823, to Miss Pickford]. Madame Marcet is a very good guide as far as she goes, but surely respecting the system of pulleys she has not gone quite far enough. She has left us to ourselves rather too soon'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1 Jan 1823

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:

Anne Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]

Religion:

n/a

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:

Jane Marcet

Title:

Conversations on Natural Philosophy

Genre:

Philosophy, Technology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3029

Source:

Print

Author:

M Green

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Spirited Yorkshirewoman

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1939

Vol:

n/a

Page:

181

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

M Green, A Spirited Yorkshirewoman, (1939), p. 181, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3029, accessed: 01 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None