Record Number: 9123
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I do sometimes wish for my library here, where it costs trouble to other people to get books for me, and yet I have done well enough lately with Montaigne, and a bit of Moliere with the boys, now and then, and I Promessi Sposi with Fanny discovering thereby that I can read Italian almost like French or English, which I was not aware of'.
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Until: 27 Oct 1839
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Newcastle Upon Tyne
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:12 Jun 1802
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:manufacturer's daughter; writer
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
'Fanny'
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:I Promessi Sposi
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsin Italian
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:9123
Source:Harriet Martineau
Editor:Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle
Title:Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood
Place of Publication:Stanford
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:n/a
Page:18
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood, (Stanford, 1983), p. 18, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9123, accessed: 18 February 2025
Additional Comments:
None