Record Number: 19262
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Ask [Mrs Davy] to let you see Miss Wordsworth's MS. account of the two poor Greens who were lost in the snow. Wordsworth said it was the most perfect [italics] English [end italics] narrative he ever read.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 29 Aug 1859
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Male
Date of Birth:7 Apr 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:poet
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[MS narrative]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
owned by Mrs Davy, by 1829
Source Information:
Record ID:19262
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:571
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 571, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19262, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Mrs Gaskell to Charles Bosanquet.