Record Number: 32072

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just received my dear Mackintosh's 'History of the Revolution' ... I cannot read it with quiet nerves.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 29 Jul 1834

Country:

n/a

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:

Jessie Sismondi

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1777

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Mackintosh

Title:

History of the Revolution in England in 1688

Genre:

History, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1834

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32072

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:

1

Page:

264

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jessie Sismondi to her niece Emma Wedgwood. 29 July, 1834

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 264, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32072, accessed: 16 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None