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

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anon woman and husband : Series of Tales

Harriet Martineau, on a response to her series of "Tales", denounced as 'improper' in the Quarterly Review, by a woman lent the 'Garveloch' stories by one of Martineau's friends: 'A few days after, [she] brought back the book, saying [...] it was so harmless that her husband had read it aloud to the young people in the evening [having been offered another] [...] The lady and her husband read the whole series through in this way, and never could find out the "improper book."'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: anon woman and husband     Print: Book

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