Record Number: 19310
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been so ungrateful in never thanking you for your last - and for that [italics] beautiful] end italics] noble paper of yours on the Advantages of Defeat, - a paper which I have circulated far & wide among my friends, - and I only wish I had more of the same kind to show, - in order to make us English know you Americans better.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1861
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
specific address: 46 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 and clergyman's wife
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[paper on 'The Advantages of Defeat]
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Philosophy
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsuncertain whether MS or print
Provenanceowned
sent by Norton
Source Information:
Record ID:19310
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:672
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 672, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19310, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter to Charles Eliot Norton