the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Agnes Maria Bennett : The Beggar Girl and her Benefactors

'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels by women), including Lady Morgan's "The Novice of Saint Dominick", Agnes Maria Bennett's "The Beggar Girl and her Benefactors", Edgeworth's "Tales of Andrews", "Sir Charles Grandison" and "A Sentimental Journey"'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Grove      Print: Book

Agnes Maria Bennett : The beggar girl and her benefactors

'I on Friday the 16th went up in the coach to consult Mess'rs Bridges, Blake & other friends upon the matter, taking with me to amuse myself in the coach etc. the new popular novel of the "Beggar Girl".'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh      Print: Book

Agnes Maria Bennett : The Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 1 April 1842: 'I read the Beggar girl, when I was very young'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

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