Record Number: 20600
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'And now that I have finished all my foreign stock I may venture a few words as to your delightful little volumes which have been read with great avidity by all my elder children. I have not given "Harry and Lucy" to the younger ones. A boy of nearly nine is now reading it to me with the greatest satisfaction and interest and his elder brother of upwards of ten says, "really Mama that is a very useful as well as entertaining book. I have learnt a great many things from it that I did not know before". As you ask for their opinions I must tell you tho' from what cause I know not that "Rosamond" has always been a most distinguished favorite. Perhaps they feel a sympathy with her faults and feel that they resemble her in many things'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 6 Sep 1814
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Great Russell St
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:elder children of Anne Romilly
Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
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:[various books]
Genre:Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
gifts from M Edgeworth
Source Information:
Record ID:20600
Source:Anne Romilly
Editor:Samuel Henry Romilly
Title:Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:83
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818, (London, 1936), p. 83, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20600, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
