Record Number: 32047
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Miss Owen began the 'Mysteries of Udolpho'... but Mrs Owen thought it would take her up so much that...she gave her a shilling to put off reading it till she went home, and gave her 'Guy Mannering' and the 'Romance of the Forest' to read meanwhile.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Nov 1820 and 30 Nov 1820
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silent aloud unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Guy Mannering
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:32047
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Editor:Henrietta Litchfield
Title:Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1915
Vol:1
Page:140
Additional Comments:
Letter from Elzabeth Wedgwood to her aunt Fanny Allen, 30. Nov. 1820
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 140, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32047, accessed: 06 December 2024
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