Record Number: 15977

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Arabella Moulton Barrett to her sister Elizabeth Barrett, c. August 1819: 'do you rememb'r simple susan and whim and contradiction I have just read them'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1819 and 31 Aug 1819

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:

Arabella Moulton-Barrett

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

4 Jul 1813

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

child

Religion:

Evangelical

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:

Maria Edgeworth

Title:

"Simple Susan"

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In Edgeworth's The Parent's Assistant, or Stories for Children

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15977

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

1

Page:

82

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 82, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15977, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None