Record Number: 33951
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘Talking of this, my Sara, what d’ye think / (To ask the question is but waste of Ink) / Of Harriet Martineau’s political novels? / Fine food, forsooth, for starving paupers’ hovels - / No doubt, ’twould much improve the poor’s behaviour, / And make them happy in their low conditions / To teach them all to disbelieve their Saviour / And make them infidel Arithmeticians. / Were I woman, I should blush for shame / That such a thing should bear a woman’s name. ...’
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Feb 1832 and 21 Apr 1835
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Cumbria
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:Male
Date of Birth:19 Sep 1796
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Poet, essayist, teacher, biographer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[novels]
Genre:Fiction, Politics, Conduct books
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33951
Source:Hartley Coleridge
Editor:Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs
Title:Letters of Hartley Coleridge
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:170-71
Additional Comments:
This letter is written mostly in verse to Hartley's sister, Sara Coleridge, at No. 1 Downshire Place, Hampstead, near London, from Grasmere; dated ‘Day before Easter Sunday’ (postmark April 21, 1835).
Citation:
Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 170-71, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33951, accessed: 20 January 2025
Additional Comments:
None
