Record Number: 17171

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Miss Aldridge gave us Henry's "Communicant's Companion" - a fearful book filled with questions which it would have taken months to answer - and I tried to find time for self-examination out of school hours, and at first thought myself obliged to answer every question, and at last gave up the attempt in despair. my own sense told me it was in vain'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1828 and 31 Dec 1831

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bath

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:

Eliazbeth Missing Sewell

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1815

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

later writer

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:

Matthew Henry

Title:

Communicant's Companion

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
borrowed from or a gift from teacher, Miss Aldridge

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17171

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Editor:

Eleanor L. Sewell

Title:

The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1907

Vol:

n/a

Page:

39-40

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell, (London, 1907), p. 39-40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17171, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

This was at the time of her confirmation classes