Record Number: 12768

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's Journal, 19 [sic: should be 13] August 1850, during stay with the Rev. G. Cooke, Cubington: 'I have been reading [italics]Southey's Life[end italics]; it does me a great deal of good. His life in a book [...] [has] helped me more than any sermon. Southey's hard work and pecuniary anxieties come home to me. His plodding on, longing to be free; and yet his perfect contentment.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1850 and 19 Aug 1850

Country:

Great Britian

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cubington
county: Warwickshire

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:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

19 Feb 1815

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Great Britain

Country of Experience:

Great Britian

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Life of Southey

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

Ed. C. C. Southey, 1849-50

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12768

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Editor:

Eleanor L. Sewell

Title:

The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

n/a

Page:

152

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell, (London, 1908), p. 152, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12768, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None