Record Number: 4816
Reading Experience:
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" ... Elizabeth Sewell's consumption of 'modern' works in the late 1820s and 1830s, she records [in her autobiography], specifically mentioning Scott and Byron, led to worry and 'hysteria' based on the feeling that it would be pleasant to have someone caring for her. She had not yet learnt, she claims, the joy that comes through caring for others."
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1825 and 1839
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Gender:Female
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:4816
Source:Kate Flint
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Title:The Woman Reader: 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
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Page:220
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Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 220, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4816, accessed: 04 December 2024
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