Record Number: 9631

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet Martineau hears her first (pseudonymously) published work read by her unsuspecting eldest brother: 'After tea he said "[...] I will read you something"; and he held out his hand for the new "[Monthly] Repository." After glancing at it, he exclaimed, "They have got a new hand here. Listen." After a paragraph, he repeated, "Ah! this is a new hand; they have had nothing so good as this for a long while." [...] I was silent, of course.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1821 and 31 Dec 1821

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Norwich

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:

Martineau

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Harriet Martineau

Additional Comments:

elder brother of Harriet Martineau

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Title:

article on "Female Writers on Practical Divinity"

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In The Monthly Repository, 1821

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9631

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Harriet Martineau's Autobiography

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1877

Vol:

1

Page:

119

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography, (London, 1877), 1, p. 119, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9631, accessed: 20 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

Martineau's article signed "V".