Record Number: 9450

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Charlotte Lindsay to Mary Berry, 25 April 1828, on vol.1 of Berry's "Comparative View of Social Life in France and England": 'Your book is [italics]quite new[end italics] and perfectly delightful to me [...] I had no idea that I should have derived so much amusement from it [...] it exactly suits the extent of my reading and reasoning powers'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1828 and 25 Apr 1828

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Charlotte Lindsay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mary Berry

Title:

The Comparative View of Social Life in France and England (vol. 1)

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

April 1828

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9450

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

3

Page:

370

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 3, p. 370, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9450, accessed: 29 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None