Record Number: 4193
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?I have some idea of writing in the intervals of my severer studies for professional education, a comedy for my father?s birthday, but I shall do it up in my own room, and shall not produce it until it is finished. I found the first hint of it in the strangest place that anybody could invent, for it was in Dallas?s History of the Maroons, and you may read the book to find out, and ten to one you miss it. ? pray read the book, for it is extremely interesting and entertaining.?
Century:1800-1849
Date:1805
Country:Ireland
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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 and governess
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of the Maroons, from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierra Leone...
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Longmann & Rees, 1803 (2 vols)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4193
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:140
Additional Comments:
Letter to Miss Ruxton (26/2/1805).
Citation:
Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J C Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London, Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 140, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4193, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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