Record Number: 4197

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?To comfort ourselves we had a most entertaining Voyage dans les Pays Bas, par M Breton, to read and the charming story of Mademoiselle de Clermont on Madame de Genlis?s Petits Romans. I never read a more pathetic and finely written tale.?

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1802

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 and governess

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:

Breton

Title:

Voyage dans les Pays Bas

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4197

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:

94

Additional Comments:

Letter to Miss Ruxton (15/10/1802) from Brussels.

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J C Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London, Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 94, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4197, accessed: 28 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None