Record Number: 16704

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just finished Fanny Kemble's books, and when I say that I read them the next after your most charming volumes, and was amused, and on the whole much pleased with them. I am sure they are meritorious, let the critics say what they may.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

14 Jun 1835

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:

Barbara Hofland

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author and translator

Religion:

unknown

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:

Fanny Kemble

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16704

Source:

Print

Author:

A.G. L'Estrange

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1882

Vol:

1

Page:

277-8

Additional Comments:

Letter from Barbara Hofland to Miss Mitford, Kensington, June 14, 1835

Citation:

A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, (London, 1882), 1, p. 277-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16704, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None