Record Number: 27415

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Caroline Norton to John Murray, 31 October 1840: 'I ought to have thanked you from Ventnor, instead of waiting till my return to town, for your kindness in sending me an early copy of the Quarterly, containing all that comfortable flattery respecting "The Dream" [comments further].'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1840 and 31 Oct 1840

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ventnor

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Caroline Norton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

H. Nelson Coleridge

Title:

'Modern English Poetesses'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Quarterly Review, published by John Murray, September 1840

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27415

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

2

Page:

417

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 417, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27415, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

See p.416 in source for details of article content.