Record Number: 16936
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Mary writes to Alexander Blackwood, asking if he might be inclined to accept for "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine" a tale by a Captain Abbott] 'The tale is long & would be distributed over several numbers of your Magazine - It is of course faithful in scenery & Costume - & is in short a romantic tale of India by an Old Indian.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 11 Jan 1845
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:30 Aug 1797
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[story of India]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication DetailsBlackwood did not accept the piece
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16936
Source:n/a
Editor:Betty T. Bennett
Title:The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Place of Publication:Baltimore / London
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:III
Page:174
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (Baltimore / London, 1988), III, p. 174, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16936, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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