Record Number: 9637
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Harriet Martineau on one of her early publications: 'A most excellent young servant of ours [...] went out to Madeira with my brother and his family [...] Her history was a rather remarkable, and a very interesting one; and I wrote it in the form of four of Houlston's penny tracts. He threw together, and made a little book of them; and the heroine, who would never have heard of them as tracts, was speedily put in possession of her Memoirs in the form of the little book called "My Servant Rachel." An aunt of mine, calling on her one day, found her standing in the middle of the floor, and her husband reading the book over her shoulder.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1827 and 31 Dec 1827
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:
Reading Group:Martineau family servant, and husband
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Servant
Occupation:Servant and husband
Religion:Unitarian [?]
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:My Servant Rachel
Genre:Fiction, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1827
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:9637
Source:Harriet Martineau
Editor:n/a
Title:Harriet Martineau's Autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1877
Vol:1
Page:137
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography, (London, 1877), 1, p. 137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9637, accessed: 20 January 2025
Additional Comments:
None
