Record Number: 4079
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"I have just been reading, for the fourth time, I believe, The Simple Story, which I intended this time to read as a critic, that I might write to Mrs Inchbald about it; but I was so carried away by it that I was totally incapable of thinking of Mrs Inchbald or anything but Miss Milner and Doriforth, who appeared as real persons... I think it the most pathetic and the most powerfully interesting tale I ever read."
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1767 and 1809
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:1767
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Christian (Church of England)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Simple Story
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1791
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4079
Source:Maria Edgeworth
Editor:Augustus J. C. Hare
Title:The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth
Place of Publication:London: Edward Arnold
Date of Publication:1894 (2 vols)
Vol:1
Page:168-9
Additional Comments:
Letter to Miss Ruston (December 1809).
Citation:
Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J. C. Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London: Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 168-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4079, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
Maria Edgeworth read this book at least 4 times in her lifetime.