Record Number: 17221
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I was reading the little book aloud to my mother one evening when he was in the room, and not being well was lying on the sofa half asleep, as I thought; but he listened, and I think was interested, for he asked me what I was reading. I forget exactly what answer I made, but it certainly was not that I was reading anything of my own, and so I lost the opportunity of giving him pleasure'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1840
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Newport
county: Isle of Wight
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1815
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Sewell's mother, Jane and her father, Thomas
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Stories on the Lord's Prayer
Genre:Other religious, Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:17221
Source: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:67
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell, (London, 1907), p. 67, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17221, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Sewell did not tell her father (the 'he' of the excerpt) about her book being published