Record Number: 29386
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Letter, Summer 1867]
'I took the ''Lancashire Wedding or Darwin moralized'' to read in the carriage. The moral is that it is not wise to give up a pretty, poor, healthy girl you love and marry a sickly, rich, cross one you don't care for ... It is too dull to give to the [village] library...'
1800-1849
Date:Between 1 May 1867 and 30 Sep 1867
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:in train carriage
Type of Experience(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:2 May 1808
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:wife & mother
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Lancashire Wedding or Darwin Moralized
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsHoulston & Wright: London, 1867
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29386
Source:n/a
Editor:Henrietta Litchfield
Title:Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1915
Vol:2
Page:187
Additional Comments:
Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta.
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 187, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29386, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None