Record Number: 19121

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'they, the Scotts, where [sic] in a state of delight about Esmond, which Thackeray had given them'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1852 and 15 Nov 1852

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:

Reading Group:

the Scotts

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

n/a

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

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:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Title:

Henry Esmond

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
given by the author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19121

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Editor:

J.A.V. Chapple

Title:

Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The

Place of Publication:

Manchester

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

210

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 210, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19121, accessed: 18 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Marianne Gaskell.