Record Number: 9207
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'So it was you that sent me "Miss Berry"! That was a real good deed. I don't find that anybody enjoys it half so much as I do; but nobody I see had any clear idea of that trio, or cares about their times as I do. I have not finished it even yet, I am glad to say. I read it as you do; and moreover, a big book has come in which must be read at once, - Mr Grote's "Plato". That too is an immense enjoyment in its way. At first, it was pure delight; but as I go on I am rather dismayed at the amount of repetition in it...'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 1 Dec 1865
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: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:Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
or borrowed - sent by Fanny Wedgwood
Source Information:
Record ID:9207
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:256
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood, (Stanford, 1983), p. 256, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9207, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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