Record Number: 19151
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read [italics] once [end italics] over all the letters you so kindly entrusted me with, and I don't think even you, her most cherished friend, could wish the impression on me to be different from what it is, that she was one to study the path of duty well, and, having ascertained what it was right to do, to follow out her idea strictly. They gave me a very beautiful idea of her character'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 6 Sep 1855
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
specific address: 84 Plymouth Grove
(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:29 Sep 1810
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer, clergyman's wife
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letters to Ellen Nussey]
Genre:letters
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
borrowed from Ellen Nussey
Source Information:
Record ID:19151
Source: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:370
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 370, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19151, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Ellen Nussey. Gaskell had been asked to write Bronte's Life.
