Record Number: 4081

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"... but I do send by a carman two volumes of Alfieri's Life and Kirwan's Essay on Happiness, and the ... edition of Parent's Assistant, which with your leave, I present to your servant Richard."

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

1809

Country:

Ireland

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:

Maria Edgeworth

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Vittorio Alfieri

Title:

Memoirs

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, Colburn, 2 vols, December 1809, originally published in Italy as Vita, in 1803

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4081

Source:

Print

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Editor:

Augustus J. C. Hare

Title:

Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

Place of Publication:

London: Edward Arnold

Date of Publication:

1894 (2 vols)

Vol:

1

Page:

162

Additional Comments:

Letter to Mrs Ruxton (March 1809).

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J. C. Hare (ed.), Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London: Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 162, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4081, accessed: 22 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

It is not certain that this is the edition Maria referred to.