Record Number: 4174

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?I have just excited his [her father?s] envy even to clasping his hands in distraction, by telling him of a man I met with in the middle of Grainger?s Worthies of England, who drew a mill, a miller, a bridge, a man and a horse going over the bridge with a sack of corn, all visible, upon a surface that would just cover a sixpence.?

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

Belgium

Time

morning

Place:

city: Brussels

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 and governess

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Belgium

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Granger

Title:

A Biographical history of England from Egbert the Great to the Revolution

Genre:

History, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 3 vols (1769-1774)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4174

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

32

Additional Comments:

Letter to Sophie Ruxton (23/2/1794).

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J. C. Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London: Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4174, accessed: 01 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None