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Record Number: 2557


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

We have been much interested all along in The Private Secretary.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 4 Sep 1881

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Emily Laszowska

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George T Chesney

Title:

The Private Secretary

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In Blackwood's Magazine

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2557

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Emily Laszowska

Title:

Letters

Location:

National Library of Scotland

Call No:

MS 4421

Page/Folio:

248

Additional Information:

Letter from Emily Laszowska to William Blackwood, 4 Sept 1881

Citation:

Emily Laszowska, Letters, National Library of Scotland, MS 4421, 248, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2557, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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