Record Number: 14343

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's recommendations of non-fictional works 'which I can guarantee myself' in 'Hints on Reading': 'Lady Barker's Letters from New Zealand almost everyone knows. They are lively and graphic. I suspect, from what I have heard from my New Zealand friends, that they are rather highly coloured, but they give a very vivid impression of the pleasures and toils of life in the Antipodes, and are good for reading aloud.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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/teacher

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lady Barker

Title:

Letters from New Zealand

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14343

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1872

Vol:

13

Page:

98

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell, The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, (1872), 13, p. 98, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14343, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Article takes form of a letter addressed 'My dear ----', and signed 'Elizabeth M. Sewell.'