Record Number: 28414

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 21 June 1817:] 'Read Old Mortality; did not like it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

21 Jun 1817

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Thornton
county: Yorkshire

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:

Elizabeth Firth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 Jan 1797

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Walter Scott

Title:

Old Mortality

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28414

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington

Title:

The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

I-II

Page:

42

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), I-II, p. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28414, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Elizabeth Firth was godmother to Patrick and Maria Bronte's second daughter, Elizabeth; see pp.36-37 in source for this and other details of reader's life and background.