Record Number: 9200
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'No doubt it is to you that I owe this pleasure, - of Buckle's 2d vol. Maria has been cutting and skimming, and she opines that I shall find it a very great treat indeed. My best thanks to you for it, dear friend. I am in the thick of a very different sort of book now, - "Elsie Venner", which I did not mean to read; but a look at the first page carried me on: How immensely clever some of these Americans are! and their style of tale so new! I dislike all the part connected with Elsie: but I enjoy the New England atmosphere of the thing, and the wonderful power of deep and incessant observation'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 20 May 1861
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Ambleside
county: Cumbria
(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
servant (?) / companion of Harriet Martineau
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of Civilization in England
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
sent by Erasmus Darwin - possibly as a gift
Source Information:
Record ID:9200
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:205
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood, (Stanford, 1983), p. 205, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9200, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
letter to Erasmus Darwin
