Record Number: 9128
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
' I find I like reading stories far better than writing them. I have been reading a very sad one recently, - Capn' Grey's discoveries in Australlia. There is an anecdote there which shows how little some people are in the habit of regarding savages as men...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 17 Feb 1841
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:writer
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in Northwest and Western Australia, 1837-1839
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:9128
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:37
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood, (Stanford, 1983), p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9128, accessed: 12 February 2025
Additional Comments:
letter to Fanny Wedgwood's daughter, 'Snow'.